Re:Untangling Jenkins
by slavik81 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:02AM
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That matches my experience. Jenkins is built out of a spiderweb of plugins and that makes it very fragile. Though, I did find I could mitigate the problem.
* only use Jenkins stable releases
* snapshot the system before updating or installing anything
* make regular backups of your Jenkins server
* never install a plugin unless it's actually neccessary
* always update Jenkins before installing any new plugins as otherwise you may end up with an untested mishmash of old and new plugins
I like having control over my CI, but it does seem a lot harder than it should be.
* only use Jenkins stable releases
* snapshot the system before updating or installing anything
* make regular backups of your Jenkins server
* never install a plugin unless it's actually neccessary
* always update Jenkins before installing any new plugins as otherwise you may end up with an untested mishmash of old and new plugins
I like having control over my CI, but it does seem a lot harder than it should be.