Jenkins

What is Jenkins?

Jenkins is an open-source automation tool written in Java with plugins built for Continuous Integration purposes. Jenkins is used to build and test your software projects continuously making it easier for developers to integrate changes to the project, and making it easier for users to obtain a fresh build. It also allows you to continuously deliver your software by integrating with a large number of testing and deployment technologies.

 

The entire lifecycle of Jenkins

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Jenkins. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Jenkins (Jenkins)

 

Facts and figures about Jenkins

 

 

Keywords

Jenkins

 

Jenkins

 

Application

 

Release

 

Version

 

Major

 

Minor

 

Patch

 

End-of-life

 

EOL

 

Support

 

End-of-support

 

EOS

 

Maintenance

 

End-of-maintenance

 

EOM

 

Security

 

Long-term support

 

LTS

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVE

 

Security