Introduction

Welcome back, Geeks. So far in the Jenkins category, we have covered what is Jenkins, why Jenkins, the minimum system requirement, and how to install Jenkins on your local machine on various platforms. We believe, now it’s high time to deep dive more and understand different types of jobs in Jenkins which allows users to choose which fits best in their requirements.

Different types of jobs in Jenkins

In Jenkins, there are several types of jobs or projects that you could create to perform different tasks and automate various aspects of your software development and deployment processes. A few of the very commonly used jobs or projects are listed below –

Freestyle Project

This is the most basic and flexible type of job in Jenkins. It allows you to configure build steps, post-build actions, and other settings through a graphical user interface.

Pipeline

Jenkins Pipeline is a powerful job type that allows you to define your build, test, and deployment processes as code using the Jenkins Pipeline DSL (Domain-Specific Language). This type of job is suitable for complex and structured workflows, and it could be version-controlled.

Multibranch Pipeline

This is an extension of the Pipeline job type. It’s used when you have multiple branches in your version control repository, and you want Jenkins to automatically create and manage individual pipelines for each branch.

GitHub Organization

This job type is designed to automatically create Jenkins Pipelines for repositories within a GitHub organization. It’s useful for managing a large number of repositories.

GitHub Pull Request Builder

This job type is used for automatically building and testing pull requests created on GitHub repositories. It can be configured to build and test changes before they are merged.

Matrix Project

A Matrix Project allows you to run a job with multiple configurations, such as different platforms or environments. It’s useful for testing your software across multiple setups simultaneously.

Multi-Configuration Project

Similar to the Matrix Project, this job type allows you to configure and run a job with multiple configurations, but it’s more flexible in terms of configuration options.

Copy Project

Copy Project is used to create a new job by copying the configuration settings of an existing job. It’s handy for quickly setting up similar jobs.

External Job

This job type is used to integrate Jenkins with other build systems or external tools. It allows you to trigger jobs on external systems and retrieve build results.

Freestyle Maven Project

Similar to the Freestyle Project, but it is specifically tailored for building Maven-based projects.

Pipeline (Maven)

A Maven-specific variant of the Pipeline job type, designed for Maven-based projects.

Pipeline (Multibranch)

A Multibranch Pipeline variant, optimized for managing pipelines in repositories with multiple branches.

Pipeline (GitHub, Multibranch)

A combination of the GitHub Organization and Multibranch Pipeline types, designed to manage pipelines for GitHub repositories with multiple branches.

Folder

It creates a container that stores nested items in it. This type of job is useful for grouping things together. Unlike view, which is just a filter, a folder creates a separate namespace, where you could have multiple things of the same name as long as they are in different folders.

Conclusion

So, in this article we saw the different types of jobs in Jenkins that offer different levels of flexibility and automation, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your specific project and workflow requirements. Jenkins’ extensibility and plugin ecosystem also allows for custom job types to be created based on unique needs.

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