Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins - Second Edition

Installing a Jenkins slave on a production server

In this section, we will install a Jenkins slave on the production server. This will allow us to perform deployment on the production server. Execute the following steps:

1. From the Jenkins dashboard, click on Manage Jenkins | Manage Nodes.
2. Once on the Node Manager page, from the left-hand side menu click on New Node.
3. Give your new Jenkins slave node a name, as shown:

Adding a new Jenkins slave

4. On the resultant page, you will be presented with a large number of options. Let us see them one by one.
5. For the Remote root directory field, add the value /home/jenkins.
6. For the Labels field, add the ...