Description |
Jenkins monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software
project or jobs run by cron. Among those things, current Jenkins focuses on the
following two jobs:
- Building/testing software projects continuously, just like CruiseControl or
DamageControl. In a nutshell, Jenkins provides an easy-to-use so-called
continuous integration system, making it easier for developers to integrate
changes to the project, and making it easier for users to obtain a fresh
build. The automated, continuous build increases the productivity.
- Monitoring executions of externally-run jobs, such as cron jobs and procmail
jobs, even those that are run on a remote machine. For example, with cron,
all you receive is regular e-mails that capture the output, and it is up to
you to look at them diligently and notice when it broke. Jenkins keeps those
outputs and makes it easy for you to notice when something is wrong.
Authors:
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Kohsuke Kawaguchi
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