Prerequisites for creating a Pipeline

This topic describes the prerequisites needed for creating a Pipeline.

To create a Pipeline:

Ensure that you have CloudBees CI installed. For instructions on installing CloudBees CI, see Onboarding for CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms
Install the Pipeline plugin to automate your continuous delivery pipeline and perform other complex tasks in Jenkins. For more information, refer to the Pipeline plugin.
Install the CloudBees Pipeline: Groovy Checkpoint plugin.

For more information on installing plugins, please refer to Best practices: Install plugins on production instances.

Recommended plugins

CloudBees recommends these plugins to be able to access more functionality for Pipeline creation.

The CloudBees Pipeline Explorer plugin provides an improved log-viewing experience to troubleshoot Pipelines. It includes improved performance vs the classic log view, embedded search capabilities, and customizable preferences to personalize your log-viewing experience.

Use the Git plugin to retrieve source code and build results, so developers can quickly access test results and check their code.
The GitHub Branch Source plugin creates a new project based on the repository structure from one or more GitHub users or organizations. For more information, refer to Creating projects based on GitHub repository structure.
The CloudBees SCM Reporting plugin allows you to access enhanced build information from GitHub and Bitbucket.
The Bitbucket Branch Source plugin allows you to use Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Server as sources for multibranch projects.

Email Extension plugin sends build status messages to relevant stakeholders.
CloudBees Slack Integration plugin sends Slack notification containing build status messages to relevant stakeholders.

CloudBees Pipeline: Templates Plugin ensures that Pipeline builds conform to organizational standards by giving the Jenkins administrator the opportunity to provide users a simplified and directed experience for configuring jobs, in "domain specific" terms that make sense to their organization.