Customizing Jenkins Functionality With Plugins
Which plugins are used in Jenkins to expose all the metrics?
You can use Prometheus or Metrics plugin to expose all the Jenkins metrics.
Is it possible to disable any plugin on Jenkins without uninstalling it?
Yes , Jenkins allow users to disable any plugin without uninstalling it.
How plugins affect the performance of Jenkins?
A plugin code written poorly can decrease the Jenkins performance. So you have to select the correct plugin and keep these plugin up to date.
Which plugins are used for testing stage in a CI/CD pipeline.
Trivy and OWASP are some of the plugins used for testing a CI/CD pipeline.
Is it possible to create custom plugins on Jenkins?
Yes, Jenkins provides tools , documentation and API to the users for creating custom plugins.
How To Customize Jenkins Functionality With Plugins ?
Jenkins is an open-source tool used to automate the build, test, and deploy stages of software development. Jenkins provides many plugins to automate various stages of a CI/CD pipeline. In this guide, I will first discuss what Jenkins is. Then I will discuss what a plugin is and how they customize Jenkins functionality. After this, I will walk you through the different steps to customize Jenkins functionality with plugins. In this section, I will install a custom plugin to change the appearance of the Jenkins UI.