How to install Jenkins on Ubuntu 18.04 (Debian Linux)

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Let us see How we can install Jenkins on Ubuntu 18.04 (Debian Linux).

Install Java

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default

Install Jenkins

wget -q -O - https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable/jenkins.io.key | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/"

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jenkins

After the Jenkins is installed It can be opened on Browser On the address http://localhost:8080 .

To login to our Jenkins server installation we need to first get the initial password. Jenkins Will indicate the location of initial password.

To view this password Run the following command in terminal

$ sudo cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword
7d470c92ced24d8eb9ae1081ff38404c

Now in the next step choose -> install suggested plugins and wait for the plugins to install.

Next create first admin user and provide your admin credentials.

Jenkins Server successfully installed.

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