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Jenkins Installation


Create an AWS instance with type as t2.micro

Security Group is modified to include http:  80 and custom port 8080


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sudo su -

Step 1 : Connect to your Linux machine
SetUp JAVA PATH
Set up Custom TCP port: 8080 in AWS Security Groups

Step 2: Update Packages
   yum update

Step 3 : Check Java is installed. If not install java  
   java -version
   yum install java-1.8.0

   To check and select one out of multiple java versions available
   sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java


Step 4 : Download latest Jenkins code package

   wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo https://pkg.jenkins.io/redhat-stable/jenkins.repo


Step 5 : Import a key file from Jenkins-CI to enable installation from the package
   
   rpm --import https://pkg.jenkins.io/redhat-stable/jenkins.io.key


Step 6 : Install Jenkins

   yum install jenkins -y
   
   systemctl status jenkins
   
   systemctl enable jenkins
   
Step 7 : Start jenkins
   systemctl status jenkins

Step 8 : Access Jenkins server using the public DNS of your ec2 on port 8080
   http://{ec2-public-dns}:8080
   example : http://3.89.79.74:8080/


In case you face issues with credentials. 

Open the file  /var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log and locate the password from the file

/Jenkins initial setup is required. An admin user has been created and a password generated.
Please use the following password to proceed to installation:

This may also be found at: /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword/