Web UI overview in Jenkins - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Jenkins Web UI Overview

📖 Scenario: You are starting to use Jenkins, a popular tool to automate software building and testing. Jenkins has a Web User Interface (UI) that helps you manage your projects easily.Imagine you want to organize your Jenkins dashboard by creating folders to keep your projects tidy.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to create a folder in Jenkins Web UI and add a simple freestyle project inside it.

📋 What You'll Learn

Access Jenkins Web UI

Create a folder named MyFolder

Create a freestyle project named MyProject inside MyFolder

Configure the project with a simple description

View the project inside the folder on the Jenkins dashboard

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Jenkins Web UI is widely used by developers and DevOps engineers to manage automated builds and deployments in software projects.

💼 Career

Knowing how to navigate and organize Jenkins projects via the Web UI is essential for roles in software development, testing, and DevOps automation.

1

Open Jenkins Web UI and create a folder

Open Jenkins Web UI in your browser. Click on New Item. Enter the name MyFolder. Select Folder as the item type. Click OK to create the folder.

Jenkins

# Open Jenkins Web UI and create a folder named 'MyFolder'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Look for the New Item button on the Jenkins dashboard to start creating a folder.

2

Create a freestyle project inside the folder

Inside the MyFolder folder, click New Item. Enter the name MyProject. Select Freestyle project as the item type. Click OK to create the project.

Jenkins

# Inside 'MyFolder', create a freestyle project named 'MyProject'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Open the folder you created, then use New Item to add a freestyle project.

3

Add a description to the freestyle project

In the MyProject configuration page, find the Description field. Enter the text Sample project for learning Jenkins UI. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

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# Add a description to 'MyProject' and save the configuration
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Look for the Description box on the project configuration page to add text.

4

View the project inside the folder on the dashboard

Go back to the Jenkins dashboard. Click on the folder named MyFolder. Verify that the project MyProject is listed inside the folder.

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# View 'MyProject' inside 'MyFolder' on the Jenkins dashboard
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Click the folder on the dashboard to see the projects inside it.