Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 24.0.4 | Setup Jenkins on Linux instance | How to setup Jenkins in Ubuntu EC2 instance using Java 17?

Jenkins is an open source continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) automation software DevOps tool written in the Java programming language. It is used to implement CI/CD workflows, called pipelines.

Please follow the steps to install Java, Jenkins, Maven on Ubuntu 24.0.4 instance. Jenkins, Maven are Java based applications, so we need to install Java first. 

Pre-requisites:

•  at least memory should be t2.medium (4 GB RAM)
• port 8080 opened in firewall rule to access Jenkins
• Connect to EC2 instance using git bash or iTerm

Change Host Name to Jenkins
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname Jenkins

Perform update first
sudo apt update

Install Java 17

sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk -y

Verify Java Version

java -version

Maven Installation
Maven is a popular build tool used for building Java applications. Please click here to learn more about Maven. You can install Maven by executing below command:

sudo apt install maven -y

you can type mvn --version
you should see the below output.

Now lets start Jenkins installation

Jenkins Setup

Add Repository key to the system

curl -fsSL https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian/jenkins.io-2023.key | sudo tee \

  /usr/share/keyrings/jenkins-keyring.asc > /dev/null

Append debian package repo address to the system

echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jenkins-keyring.asc] \

  https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian binary/ | sudo tee \

  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list > /dev/null

Update Ubuntu package

sudo apt update

Install Jenkins

sudo apt install jenkins -y

The above screenshot should confirm that Jenkins is successfully installed.

Access Jenkins in web browser

Now Go to AWS console. Click on EC2, click on running instances link. Select the checkbox of EC2 you are installing Java and Jenkins. Click on Action. Copy the value from step 4 that says --> Connect to your instance using its Public DNS:

Now go to browser. enter public dns name or public IP address with port no 8080.

http://EC2_public_dns_name:8080

Unlock Jenkins
You may get screen, enter the below command in Git bash( Ubuntu console)

Get the initial password from the below file
sudo cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

Copy the password and paste in the browser.

Then click on install suggested plug-ins. 

Also create user name and password.

enter everything as admin. at least user name as admin password as admin

Click on Save and Finish. Click on start using Jenkins. Now you should see a screen like below:

That's it. You have setup Jenkins successfully 😊

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