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, see the Pipeline plugin documentation.
Install the CloudBees Pipeline: Groovy Checkpoint

Recommended plugins

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

CloudBees Pipeline Stage View Extensions let you access the extended visualization features of Pipeline build history on the index page of a Pipeline. This visualization includes helpful metrics like average run time by stage and by build, and a user-friendly interface for interacting with input steps.
Pipeline: Stage View plugin lets you see the progress of each stage in complex build Pipelines.

Git Use this plugin to retrieve the source and build results so that developers can quickly access the test results to see if their code is right.
GitHub Branch Source plugin creates a new project based on the repository structure from one or more GitHub users or organizations. For more information, see Creating projects based on GitHub repository structure.
CloudBees SCM Reporting Plugin lets you access enhanced build information, from GitHub and Bitbucket.

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