Install-Configure Jenkins for ADF/Java/J2EE Application

Jenkins, is the most successful and widely used tool used for continuous integration.

Over next couple of tutorials i intend to help the developer working in various framework to use Jenkins in their application and align with industry standards.

Lets get started.

1. Download the Jenkins war from here

Note: the mentioned tutorial is specifically build on the this version of the jenkins, so please use this war for set up.

2. once the war is downloaded, go the the directory where the war is placed in command prompt

suppose the "jenkins.war" is placed in C:\Softwares\jenkins, in command prompt:

3. Run the following command:

java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=9090

usually the port 8080 is busy so making the jenkins run on 9090

This command will create a folder named .jenkins in c:\user\<user_name> folder where all the configuration would be saved.
In case you want to start all over your jenkins, delete the folder .jenkins and start from step 3

the screen would prompt something like:

4. log on to http://localhost:9090/

screen will prompt to:

Since the jenkins is started for the first time, you must unlock the jenkins first, create admin user and proceed further

as suggested, the password can be found @ C:\Users\<user_name>\.jenkins\secrets\initialAdminPassword


5. proceeding further screen would be like this:

select "Install Suggested Pluing".


Next screen would be like:

6. Now the system prompts to create Admin user

After creating user, you may start using the jenkins

It will be available @ http://localhost:9090/


7. Once you close the command prompt, you will always have to start the jenkins using the java -jar option as suggested in step 3, but it would save the admin and other settings as long as .jenkins file is not deleted from user folder

you can also run the jenkins war on some local tomcat server.


Starting next tutorial, i will explain the Configuration of Jenkins to build the projects