Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins - Second Edition

Using a Jenkinsfile

Jenkins multibranch pipeline utilizes Jenkinsfile. In the following section, we will learn how to create a Jenkinsfile. We will reuse the example pipeline script that we created in the previous section to create our Jenkinsfile. Follow the given steps:

1. Log in to your GitHub account.
2. Navigate to the forked repository simple-maven-project-with-tests.
3. Once on the repository page, click on the Create new file button to create a new empty file that will be our Jenkinsfile, as shown in the following screenshot:

Creating a new file on GitHub

4. Name your new file Jenkinsfile by filling the empty text box, as shown in the following ...