The CloudBees documentation includes informative and instructional content for CloudBees CI, from installation to API reference. Customers are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the self-paced, hands-on training available on CloudBees University.
Roles and responsibilities
CloudBees CI is usually managed, configured, and used by team members with different roles.
Here is an example of different roles and responsibilities which can be adjusted to your organization:
- CI DevOps Engineer or Architect
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An engineer responsible for implementing and maintaining build pipelines and the CloudBees CI system itself.
- CI Build or Release Engineer
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A developer who uses CloudBees CI to perform actions such as builds and deployments.
- CI QA Engineer
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Quality assurance engineer who performs deployments and runs tests related to CloudBees CI.
- CI Administrator
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A system administrator for CloudBees CI who owns tasks such as installing, upgrading, and maintaining. Also maintains user groups and access controls.
- CI Application Lead or Manager
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Someone who leads or manages a group of application developers.
- CI Engineering, DevOps, or QA Manager
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An individual who manages a group of engineers, release engineers, or quality assurance engineers. Needs a high-level understanding of the product. May be responsible for approvals and audits related to the products being automated. Note that in smaller organizations, more than one role can be fulfilled by the same person.
Administrator skills
A CloudBees CI administrator should have both strong skills in CloudBees CI and in Linux or Microsoft Windows.
Strong Kubernetes skills are required for CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms.
The following certifications are available for these skills:
CloudBees University training
To get you started with CloudBees CI, CloudBees offers CloudBees CI role-based learning paths to customers and partners on CloudBees University. Customers and partners also have access to cloud-based lab environments that are provisioned on-demand for each course.
View the CloudBees University course catalog to find all available CloudBees training courses. In addition, CloudBees customers and partners can purchase seats for virtual instructor-led training.
If you want to learn about Jenkins and CloudBees CI but are not a CloudBees customer or partner, you can create a CloudBees University account that has limited course access. Available courses are listed on the Jenkins training page.