Management and Monitoring of Jenkins

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Understanding master/agent architecture
• Managing Jenkins Build jobs using Eclipse
• Backing up and restoring Jenkins
• Command line options in Jenkins using Jenkins CLI
• Modifying the Jenkins configuration from the command line
• Managing disk usage
• Shutting down Jenkins safely
• Monitoring Jenkins with JavaMelody
• Monitoring Jenkins job using Build Monitor View
• Configuring mail notifications
• Signaling the need to archive