How to Install Jenkins and Build CI/CD Pipelines on Windows

If you want to install Jenkins on Windows, there's a few things you'll need.

The bare minimum is a JDK installation, preferably Java 17 or better.

And then you'll off course need to figure out which Jenkins install option you'd prefer:

- A preconfigured Jenkins image?
- A runnable Jenkins WAR file?
- The Jenkins installer?

In this Jenkins tutorial I take you through a full Jenkins installation on Windows using the Jenkins installer.

But we then follow through will a full introduction to Jenkins as we install Git, install Maven, create a Jenkins build job that compiles code and builds a Java artifact. And we even create a declarative Jenkins pipeline that pulls from GitHub and takes user input.

If you want a quick, whirlwind tour of Jenkins, then check out this Jenkins CI tutorial. It's more than just a look at how to install Jenkins on Windows!

[smarkxyz]

Wow, this video was great. Really helped me, thanks!!!

[mainakghosh]

Hi Mr. Cameron, that was a very neat and easy to understand video. Thanks for sharing that. I am a beginner wrt Jenkins but was easily able to follow along the video. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work !! :)

[hariharan]

Hi Mr.Cameron McKenzie, I think you can't change the Jenkins port number even if you change it will work only on port 8080.

[mainakghosh]

would like to point out that in your script :

stage('Static Code Analysis'){
build job: 'static-code-analysis'
}

fails for me, I can see that in the video this was not used.

in my logs I see : ERROR: No item named static-code-analysis found

Otherwise everything works.

[dfsdfsdfdf]

Does this include integrating github into jenkins?

[Daniel_CLopes]

Can Jenkins be considered an orchestrator?