10 Things (That Everyone Does) Not to Do with Jenkins
summary
The talk lists ten common mistakes teams make when using Jenkins for continuous integration and delivery, and explains why they are harmful. It covers practical Jenkins practices—job configuration, pipeline management, plugin usage, and build environment setup—and recommends better approaches to organize jobs, manage credentials and plugins, and design reliable pipelines.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:04Avoid default Jenkins setup
- 2:48Pick the right Jenkins version
- 4:33Don’t rely only on master
- 7:48Switch to pipelines
- 10:15Multi-branch pipelines
- 12:19Clean old builds
- 13:43Manage workspace in pipelines
- 15:31External storage and artifacts
- 16:55Tested consistent backups
- 21:06Avoid oversized instances
- 23:12Regular Jenkins updates
- 25:43Backup before plugin updates
- 27:10Avoid Green Ball plugin
- 28:13Discover Blue Ocean
- 31:27Manage plugins via UI
- 32:51Optimize JVM memory
- 34:57Optimize master storage
- 35:59SSH access for admin
- 37:44Automate Jenkins with scripts
- 38:46Avoid heavy queries
- 40:11Jenkins Configuration as Code
- 41:16Jenkins value and paid support
- 42:21Support Jenkins community
- 45:30Events and contributions
- 46:13Jenkins World and training
- 47:18Conclusion
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