In this chapter, we learned how to install Jenkins on an Apache Tomcat server and as a standalone application on various operating systems. We also learned how to set up a reverse proxy server (Nginx) in front of our Jenkins server and secured the connection using SSL.
Above all, we learned how to run Jenkins on Docker. We also saw the advantages of using data volumes on Docker and learned how to leverage them to create on-demand instances (development or staging) of our Jenkins server.
The main objective of the current chapter was to show the readers how diverse Jenkins is in many ways when it comes to the installation process and the variety of operating systems that it supports. The Jenkins administration will be discussed in Chapter 4, Configuring Jenkins.
In the next chapter, we will have a quick overview of what's new in Jenkins 2.x.