HOWTO: Jenkins + nginx, FreeBSD

[rodrigc@]

The following HOWTO describes step-by-step how to set up Jenkins under FreeBSD.

INSTALL NGINX WEB PROXY

1. install nginx for a web proxy
   
   # pkg install www/nginx
   
   
2. create a /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf which redirects all web requests from port 80 to port 8180 (where we will run jenkins
   
   

               server {
                   listen       80;
   
                   # Redirect all port 80 requests to Jenkins on
                   # port 8180
                   return 301 http://$host:8180/jenkins/$request_uri;
               }

   
   add to /etc/rc.conf
   
   

             nginx_enable="YES"

INSTALL JENKINS

1. Install jenkins with:
   
   # pkg install devel/jenkins
   
2. Add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
   
   

          jenkins_enable="YES"
          jenkins_home="/usr/local/jenkins"
          jenkins_user="jenkins"
          jenkins_args="--webroot=${jenkins_home}/war --httpListenAddress=0.0.0.0 --httpPort=8180 --ajp13ListenAddress=0.0.0.0 --ajp13Port=8009 --prefix=/jenkins"

START JENKINS AND NGINX

1. Start Jenkins:
   # service start jenkins
   
2. Start nginx:
   # service start nginx

CONFIGURING JENKINS

• If your hostname is myhost1.example.net, then open a web browser at http://myhost1.example.net.
  
• Configure Jenkins via the web interface.
  
• Jenkins will place its configuration files under /usr/local/jenkins, as specified in
  jenkins_home variable in /etc.rc.conf.

FURTHER REFERENCES

• http://jenkins-ci.org