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Software Delivery Automation

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CloudBees Build Acceleration CloudBees CodeShip

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Introduction Multicloud environment

Introduction CI as code Contextual pipeline feedback CloudBees CI ServiceNow integration

Introduction Modernized pipelines Secure CI/CD Velero for backup and restore

Introduction Enterprise team management and authorization

Introduction Optimize Continuous Integration Resources Enterprise Grade Plugin Management Plugin Usage Analyzer High Availability and Horizontal Scalability Debug Pipelines at Scale

Onboard for modern cloud platforms

Onboard for traditional platforms

Train your team

Architecture for modern cloud platforms

Architecture for traditional platforms

Feature comparison

Supported platforms for CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms Supported platforms for CloudBees CI on traditional platforms

Modern cloud platforms

Traditional platforms

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction Pre-installation requirements Install Verify Docker images Uninstall

Introduction System requirements Verify Docker images Install operations center Install client controllers Verify build components Verify WAR files

Introduction HA fundamentals Get ready for HA Install HA on modern cloud platforms Install HA on traditional platforms HA considerations High Availability (active/passive) installation for CloudBees CI on traditional platforms

Introduction What is FIPS and FIPS 140 compliance?Install CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms in FIPS mode CAP plugin support in a FIPS 140-3 environment Configure the Apache™ Ant plugin for FIPS compliance Configure the Pipeline Maven API plugin for FIPS compliance Known FIPS incompatibilities with CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms Jenkins core: FIPS 140-3 compliant artifacts with caveats Jenkins core: Non-compliant classes and libraries

Introduction Migrate to Java 11 Migrate to Java 17 Migrate to Java 21 Migrate historical User Activity Monitoring Plugin data

Introduction Migrate to Java 11 Migrate to Java 17 Migrate to Java 21 Migrate historical User Activity Monitoring Plugin data

Configure features using Manage Jenkins

Use CloudBees CI Teams

Add external client controllers

Set up agents on CloudBees CI

Use WebSockets to connect controllers to the operations center

Deploy CloudBees CI across multiple Kubernetes namespaces and clusters

Add custom header labels to CloudBees CI

Connect inbound agents

Set up HTTPS for GKE

Best practices when building container images

Connect a client controller to operations center

Disconnect a client controller from operations center

Plugin management

Get started with plugin management

CloudBees Assurance Program

Beekeeper Upgrade Assistant

Add Beekeeper plugin exceptions

Find the support tier for a plugin

Install plugins

Upgrade plugins from the Plugin Manager

Uninstall plugins

Disable plugins

Review plugin usage

Configure plugin catalogs

Manage plugins with Update Center

Manage plugins in a secure environment

Introduction Common Pipeline terms Pipeline project types CloudBees proprietary features for Pipelines

Introduction Pipeline development utilities Determine plugin compatibility Pipeline best practices

Introduction Pipeline prerequisites Create your first Pipeline Select an agent for your Pipeline job Create a Pipeline from SCM Create a Pipeline in the UI Understand and implement Pipeline as Code

Introduction Configure advanced Scripted Pipeline Configure the build stage Configure the deploy stage Configure optional step arguments Configure the test stage Create a Jenkinsfile Customize parameters Handle failures String interpolation Use multiple agents Work with the environment Reuse configuration files

Introduction Manage artifacts with CloudBees Fast Archiving plugin Enable artifact traceability with fingerprinting Trigger jobs with a simple webhook Restore files Visualize the Pipeline Insert checkpoints Secure Pipelines Configure Pipelines with user-scoped credentials Enforce standards with Pipeline Policies Specify a matrix of one or more dimensions Convert a Freestyle project to a Declarative Pipeline Pipeline builds and High Availability (active/active)

Introduction Restart aborted builds Long-running builds Skip next build Consolidated Build View plugin CloudBees Quiet Start plugin CloudBees Template plugin CloudBees Workspace Caching

Introduction Trigger a job with a notification event using Cross Team Collaboration Enable external notification events with external HTTP endpoints Cluster-wide copy artifacts Cluster-wide job triggers

Introduction Set up a Pipeline Template Catalog Define Pipeline Template Catalogs Set up a Pipeline Template Parameter types in the template.yaml file Manage Multibranch Pipeline options in the template.yaml file Manage Pipeline Template Catalogs in bulk Example full Maven/Java app Jenkinsfile

Introduction Use Declarative Pipeline syntax Use Scripted Pipeline syntax

Introduction Branch Source Bitbucket GitHub Git Branch Property Strategy Examples

CloudBees Docker Build and Publish plugin CloudBees Docker Traceability Docker Pipeline plugin CloudBees Docker Hub/Registry Notification plugin

Introduction Get started Navigate the operations center interface Provision agents in a separate Kubernetes cluster from a managed controller Provision a controller in a different OpenShift project than the operations center Manage controllers Manage controllers in specific Kubernetes namespaces Migrate an existing managed controller to High Availability (HA)Manage agents Manage SSH credentials Shared agents Shared configurations Shared cloud configuration Trigger restrictions Change NFS storage location Quiet start Move/Copy/Promote Cluster operations Inbound agents Use Kaniko with CloudBees CI Use Buildkit with CloudBees CI Using self-signed certificates in CloudBees CI on Kubernetes Sidecar injector for self-signed certificates on OpenShift Auto-scale nodes on EKS Enable auto-scaling nodes on GKE CloudBees Amazon Web Services Deploy Engine CloudBees Amazon AWS CLI plugin Cloud Foundry CLI Plugin Integrate OpenShift CLI CloudBees CI ServiceNow integration Create projects based on a GitHub repository structure Use GitHub App authentication Create Multibranch Projects and Organization Folders with large repositories WikiText plugin Controller Lifecycle Notifications Plugin

Introduction Get started Navigate the operations center interface Manage client controllers Migrate from High Availability (active/passive) to High Availability (active/active) on CloudBees CI on traditional platforms Managing agents Manage SSH credentials Shared agents Shared configurations Shared cloud configuration Trigger restrictions Quiet start Move/Copy/Promote Cluster operations Inbound agents CloudBees CI ServiceNow integration Create projects based on a GitHub repository structure Use GitHub App authentication Create Multibranch Projects and Organization Folders with large repositories WikiText plugin

Pod Security Admission

Centrally manage security for controllers

CyberArk Credential Provider Plugin

CloudBees HashiCorp Vault Plugin

Enable advanced use cases: Cross-controller triggers and bulk operations

Restrict access and delegate administration with Role-Based Access Control

Example RBAC configurations

Create secure folders with Role-Based Access Control Auto Configurer

Restrict job triggers

Set up operations center-level access controls

Set up access controls on connected controllers

Test the SSH connection to an agent

Configure restricted credentials with the CloudBees Restricted Credentials plugin

Folders Plus plugin

Inject secrets into builds

Manage build agents with the Nodes Plus plugin

Extended security settings

Enhanced credentials masking

Understand Beekeeper security warnings

Prevent unauthorized interaction between builds

Security recommendations

Use single sign-on (SSO) in the operations center

CloudBees CI integration with Microsoft Entra ID

Operations center specific permissions

Authentication mapping

Delegate administration

Data collection for the CloudBees Analytics Plugin

Modern DevOps external secrets management

Replace an expired certificate

List of URLs that need access

Block access to URL patterns using the CloudBees Request Filter Plugin

Serve resources from Jenkins

Verify Helm charts with a signature

Introduction $JENKINS_HOME directory Best practices for backup and restore Back up $JENKINS_HOME manually Backup a Role-Based Access Control configuration Restore backup files manually Restore credentials Configure backups using the CloudBees Backup plugin Schedule backups in the CloudBees Backup plugin Restore backups created with the CloudBees Backup plugin Backup and restore on Kubernetes Backup and restore on AWS Backup and restore Kubernetes cluster resources using Velero Run backups using cluster operations

Introduction Configure multiple client controllers with the Jenkins CLI tool Configure an alias for the Jenkins CLI tool Configure Jenkins CLI tool with non-TrustStore TLS certificates

CloudBees Inactive Items Plugin

Jenkins Health Advisor by CloudBees

CloudBees Pull Request Builder for GitHub plugin

Count and monitor user licenses with the CloudBees User Activity Monitoring plugin

CloudBees CI Catalog Plugin - Catalog tool

Introduction Collect metrics with the CloudBees Prometheus Metrics plugin Create metric-based alerts Elasticsearch Reporter Enable GC logging of controllers

Introduction Example implementation with Datadog

Continuous Integration build audit report

CasC fundamentals CasC requirements CasC permissions Recommended workflow

Introduction Export a CasC configuration Transform an exported bundle Advanced CasC bundle configuration Validate a CasC bundle

CloudBees CI CasC for operations centers Get started with Configuration as Code for the operations center Configure the operations center on modern platforms using CasC Configure the operations center on traditional platforms using CasC Retrieve bundles using an SCM Troubleshoot CasC

CloudBees CI CasC for controllers Get started with Configuration as Code for controllers Distribute CasC bundles to controllers from your operations center Add controller CasC bundles to the operations center Configure bundle availability for controllers Set up a client controller using CasC Set up a managed controller using CasC Set up a managed controller using the CasC Controller Bundle Service Advanced topics Troubleshoot CasC for controllers

Introduction Update a CasC bundle Bundle update timing Review the CasC update log

Introduction Plugin management with CasC Determine plugin compatibility using CasC Create an alternate plugin download site

Create items using CasC

Configure RBAC with CasC

CasC CLI commands

Introduction bundle.yaml file reference jenkins.yaml file reference plugins.yaml file reference plugin-catalog.yaml file reference items.yaml file reference rbac.yaml file reference variables.yaml file reference

Introduction Enable actionable build notifications in GitHub and Bitbucket Configure CloudBees SCM Reporting notifications

Introduction Set up actionable build notifications in Slack Configure CloudBees CI Slack Integration users Configure CloudBees CI Slack Integration notifications

Introduction Set up actionable build notifications in Microsoft Teams Configure Microsoft Teams Integration notifications

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

High Availability (active/passive) installation troubleshooting

High Availability (active/active) troubleshooting

Collect cluster logs

Update Center certificate errors

CloudBees CI JVM troubleshooting

Performance decision tree for troubleshooting

Troubleshoot memory leaks

Troubleshoot file and thread leaks

Kubernetes on AWS EKS

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Kubernetes on GKE

Kubernetes on AWS

Kubernetes on-premise and OpenShift

Kubernetes on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition

Traditional platforms

HA on EKS Performance Test

Generate a support bundle

Support policies

Support policies for CloudBees CI

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The following pages describe the support policies for CloudBees CI:

Support policies
Supported platforms for CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms
Supported platforms for CloudBees CI on traditional platforms
Plugin support policies
Maintenance lifecycle policy

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