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Deploying and Monitoring Applications with Jenkins
In this lab, you will learn how to set up and use Jenkins to manage deployments. You will configure a Jenkins pipeline job, implement monitoring, and deploy a Python application. Additionally, you will apply a Blue/Green deployment strategy and execute a rollback. By the end of this lab, you will have hands-on experience with key deployment practices using Jenkins.
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Challenge
Get Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Setting up the Lab Environment
In this challenge, you will verify that Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios containers are running without errors. Additionally, you will check that Docker, Git, and Terraform are installed in the lab environment. Finally, you will navigate to the lab files directory to confirm that all necessary files are present.
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Set up and Configure Jenkins for your Environment
In this challenge, you will be taught how to verify access to the Jenkins UI using the provided credentials, install the required plugins, configure the installed plugins, and create the necessary variables that would be used within our pipeline jobs.
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Set up monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios
In this challenge, you will set up Prometheus to collect data from Jenkins, configure Grafana to create a Jenkins dashboard using Prometheus as a data source, and use Nagios to monitor infrastructure and container health.
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Set up and Configure a Jenkins Pipeline
In this challenge, you will create a Jenkins pipeline job to deploy a simple web application. You will configure SSH-Agent credentials to enable Jenkins to access the Git server and set up the pipeline to poll for changes and trigger deployments automatically. Additionally, you will also configure post-deployment monitoring using the Jenkins Dashboard, which will populate Prometheus and Grafana with deployment metrics.
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Set up and implement a Blue/Green Deployment Strategy
In this challenge, you will modify an existing Jenkins pipeline job to implement a Blue/Green deployment strategy. Then, you will confirm that monitoring tools (Grafana & Prometheus) are capturing deployment performance metrics.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
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