Jenkins Beginner Class 9: How to use CATLIGHT Jenkins Build Monitor

Jenkins Beginner Class 9 - How to use CATLIGHT (Jenkins Build Monitor)
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- What is CATLIGHT

CatLight shows build status notifications in your tray on Windows, OS X and Linux. It can get build status from Jenkins, AppVeyor, Travis CI, TFS and VSTS. For Team Foundation Server, Catlight supports new vNext Team Builds, as well as XAML builds.

When a build is broken, the app will show you a notification and tell who broke it first.

a separate build history for each Git branch and pull request. You can choose between monitoring all branches or just your own. CatLight will monitor only active branches to keep your dashboard neat and clean.

CatLight supports Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline plugin and GitHub organizational folders.

When a job is broken, anyone can press "I will investigate" button on the dashboard. CatLight will notify your team that he is looking at the build.

CatLight can monitor jobs from Jenkins organizational folders and subfolders. You can select what jobs you want to track.

the app runs on the computer of developer, he can customize it and select the jobs that he personally wants to monitor.

CatLight can connect to multiple Jenkins servers. You can connect anonymously, if your server supports it, or provide an API token to connect.

- How to use CATLIGHT