Basic Jenkins Setup

1. Download the Jenkins war (LTS) file from https://www.jenkins.io/download/
2. Setup JDK 11+ and set java to the path environment variable.
3. Set JENKINS_HOME to any directory
4. Run >java -jar jenkins.war
5. Access Jenkins Server @ http://localhost:8080
   
   
   
6. Provide Administrator password, generated at highlight path above.
7. Proceed with 'Install suggested plugins.
   
   

Steps to open firewall port to access Jenkins server.

YOURPORT=8080

PERM="--permanent"

SERV="$PERM --service=jenkins"

firewall-cmd $PERM --new-service=jenkins

firewall-cmd $SERV --set-short="Jenkins ports"

firewall-cmd $SERV --set-description="Jenkins port exceptions"

firewall-cmd $SERV --add-port=$YOURPORT/tcp

firewall-cmd $PERM --add-service=jenkins

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent

firewall-cmd --reload