Automating Jenkins Installation with Ansible

Effortless CI/CD: Automating Jenkins with Ansible

Introduction

In the rapidly evolving world of software development, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) has become a cornerstone of modern DevOps practices. Jenkins, one of the most popular open-source automation servers, facilitates CI/CD by automating the build, test, and deployment phases of the software development process. However, setting up Jenkins can be a repetitive and time-consuming task, which is where Ansible, an automation tool for configuration management, comes into play.

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to automate the installation and initial setup of Jenkins on a server using Ansible, making it a reproducible and error-free process.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into the Ansible playbook, ensure you have the following prerequisites met:

• An Ansible control node configured to manage your servers.
• A target server, which we refer to as jenkins_server in our inventory.
• The target server must be running a Ubuntu/Debian-based operating system since the playbook uses apt for package management.

The Ansible Playbook for…