Jenkins on CentOS

Here's how to get a basic Jenkins installation up and running quickly on CentOS.

Setup

• Install using Yum:

[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins.repo
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2011-09-21 18:36:48 (6.04 MB/s) - `/etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo' saved [76/76]
[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# rpm --import http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key
[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# yum -y install jenkins
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Installed:
  jenkins.noarch 0:1.431-1.1                                                                                                                                       

Complete!

• Make sure it'll be there when you need it!:

[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# chkconfig --level 2345 jenkins on
[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# chkconfig --list jenkins
jenkins         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

• Start Jenkins:

[root@ip-10-176-57-29 ~]# service jenkins start
Starting Jenkins                                           [  OK  ]

Test

• Browse to the Jenkin's home page. e.g: http://build.dukesbank.dtolabs.com:8080

References

1. Installing Jenkins on RedHat distributions