Jenkins Installation/Setup

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Installation

Prerequisites:

  • A machine with at least 256 MB RAM (2 GB recommended)
  • At least 10 GB of free disk space
  • Java 11 or Java 17 installed
  • Docker installed

To download and run Jenkins:

  1. Download the Jenkins Generic Java .war package.
  2. Open a terminal in the download directory.
  3. Run the following command:
    java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=8080

Open your browser and go to: http://localhost:8080 Then follow the on-screen installation instructions.