How to install Jenkins on Lubuntu

Jenkins is one of the most popular tool for integration, if you are a pro web developer, i bet you will be familiar with jenkins, in this article i will show you how to install jenkins on lubuntu.

I will be using lubuntu 15.10 for this tutorial, but it should be compatible with older or newer lubuntu, you if you have different version of lubuntu, don't be afraid this tutorial should work for you as well.

Step by step how to install Jenkins on lubuntu 15.10

• Install open JDK or oracle JDK on your lubuntu, read here for more info.
• Install apache web server, read here for more info.
• Add jenkins key using wget command

wget -q -O - https://jenkins-ci.org/debian/jenkins-ci.org.key | sudo apt-key add -

• Create source list for jenkins

sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/debian binary/ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list'

• Update the repo list

sudo apt-get update

• Install jenkins

sudo apt-get install jenkins

• Check if jenkins running or not

sudo service jenkins status

• Open url localhost:8080

http://localhost:8080/

• Unlock jenkins admin password

sudo cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

• Copy paste the password to localhost:8080

• On the customize jenkins page, choose 'install suggested plugins', unless you know what you are doing.

• Done, you should be arrived at jenkins dashboard by now.

Congratulation you have just successfully install jenkins on lubuntu, now you can start your integration plan with jenkins.