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DevOps & Automation · Foundational

Jenkins

A widely used open-source automation server for building CI/CD pipelines, extended through thousands of plugins.

Definition

Jenkins pipelines are defined in a Jenkinsfile using declarative or scripted Groovy syntax and run on a controller with distributed agents. It is self-managed, so teams maintain plugins, security, and scaling.

Example

pipeline { agent any; stages { stage('Test') { steps { sh 'pytest' } } } }

Exam tip

Jenkins is self-hosted and plugin-driven; the Jenkinsfile is its pipeline-as-code file.

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