Jenkins CI/CD – Build Automation & Pipelines

Module 1: Introduction to Jenkins

• CI/CD fundamentals: continuous integration, delivery, and deployment
• Jenkins overview: open-source automation server and ecosystem
• Jenkins architecture: master, agents, executors, and build queues
• Installing Jenkins: on Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes

Module 2: Jenkins Configuration

• Jenkins home directory: jobs, plugins, and configuration files
• Global tool configuration: JDK, Maven, Gradle, and Node.js
• Plugin management: installing, updating, and managing Jenkins plugins
• Security: matrix-based security and role-based access control plugin

Module 3: Freestyle Jobs

• Creating freestyle jobs: source code management and build triggers
• Build triggers: manual, SCM polling, webhooks, and scheduled builds
• Build steps: shell scripts, Maven goals, and batch commands
• Post-build actions: archiving artefacts, email notifications, and downstream jobs

Module 4: Jenkins Pipelines

• Declarative vs scripted pipeline: syntax comparison and use cases
• Jenkinsfile: defining pipeline as code in source control
• Pipeline stages, steps, and agents: structuring pipeline execution
• Pipeline directives: environment, options, parameters, and triggers

Module 5: Advanced Pipeline Features

• Parallel stages: running multiple pipeline stages simultaneously
• Shared libraries: reusable pipeline code across multiple projects
• Input step: manual approval gates in Jenkins pipelines
• stash and unstash: passing files between pipeline stages

Module 6: Jenkins and Source Control

• GitHub and GitLab integration: webhooks and branch source plugins
• Multibranch pipeline: automatic pipeline per branch and pull request
• Branch strategies: feature branch, GitFlow, and trunk-based development
• SCM polling vs webhooks: comparing trigger mechanisms

Module 7: Jenkins Integrations

• Docker integration: building and pushing Docker images from Jenkins
• Kubernetes plugin: dynamic Jenkins agents on Kubernetes
• SonarQube integration: code quality gates in Jenkins pipelines
• Nexus and Artifactory: publishing build artefacts from Jenkins

Module 8: Capstone Project and Assessment

• Declarative pipeline: multi-stage CI/CD pipeline with tests and deploy
• Multibranch pipeline: automatic builds for feature branches
• Docker build and push pipeline with SonarQube quality gate
• Final assessment and course certification

Experience in the Industry Learn from Jenkins practitioners who have built CI/CD pipelines for Java, Python, Node.js, and containerised applications at software companies, banks, and technology consulting firms.

Backgrounds at the Top Our Jenkins trainers have worked at DevOps engineering teams and platform engineering organisations designing Jenkins-based automation pipelines for enterprise software delivery.

Clear & Effective Teaching Jenkins architecture, freestyle jobs, declarative pipelines, Jenkinsfile, shared libraries, GitHub integration, multibranch pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes agents, and SonarQube integration are taught with real CI/CD examples.

Hands-On Learning Focus Students build freestyle jobs, write Jenkinsfiles, create multibranch pipelines, integrate Docker and SonarQube, and implement approval gates through structured hands-on Jenkins lab exercises.

Up-to-Date Knowledge Trainers keep content current with the latest Jenkins LTS releases, Jenkins on Kubernetes, and evolving CI/CD pipeline automation best practices.