Beginning with Jenkins 2.279 and Jenkins 2.263.4, the Jenkins project is upgrading the base operating system and Java version used in the jenkins/jenkins:latest and jenkins/jenkins:lts images. The update replaces OpenJDK 8u242 with AdoptOpenJDK 8u282 and replaces Debian 9 ("Stretch") with Debian 10 ("Buster"). Why? We’re changing the base image so that we have a better supported operating system and a more current Java release for Jenkins controllers. Better...

In April of last year, we launched a new Jenkins community website called JenkinsIsTheWay. The Jenkins Is The Way site has collected the experiences of Jenkins users around the world as they develop software and create solutions. They are charting new paths, discovering new opportunities, and overcoming challenges. That’s what makes Jenkins Is The Way tick. Engineers in the Netherlands might have already met challenges faced by developers...

The Jenkins community congratulates all users and contributors with the New Year! Let’s take a look at some changes this year. We would like to thank all awesome Jenkins users and contributors who have been with us during this year. Highlights Some of the key highlights: Hundreds of first-timer contributors joined the community Major UI/UX improvements in the Jenkins core, including the landing page, plugin manager, dark theme, and read-only...

With the mentor summit and the project retrospectives finished in October, now we can call Google Summer of Code 2020 officially over in the Jenkins community. On behalf of the Jenkins org team, we would like to thank all participants: students, mentors, applicants, and dozens of other contributors who participated in the project this year. Google Summer of Code would not be successful without the active participation...

The Jenkins project has used Jira to track issues for many years. Jenkins core, Jenkins modules, Jenkins infrastructure, and many Jenkins plugins manage their issue reports with our Jira server. Jira helps the Jenkins project manage issues and tasks related to over 250 000 Jenkins installations. It tracks bugs, enhancement requests, tasks, and security issues. It is used regularly by users around the world. We’re grateful for the long-standing contribution...

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program where students are paid a stipend by Google to work on a free open source project. Students work on the project for three months (June to August). Prior to the coding phase, there is a month of community bonding, to welcome students to the Jenkins community and acquaint them with the projects processes for communication and collaboration. Mentors are actively...

At DevOps World on September 24, 2020, through the sponsorship of CloudBees, three Jenkins contributors were recognized for their contributions to the Jenkins project. The Jenkins Contributor Awards honor those who have made significant contributions to the Jenkins project. The 2020 Jenkins Contributor Award winners are: Most Valuable Jenkins Contributor This award is presented to an individual who has contributed to the Jenkins project...

Back in April, when we started canvassing the Jenkins community for user stories concerning how Jenkins helped enterprise companies, startups, and students, we thought we’d see some exciting tales of DevOps inspiration and CI/CD integration. We found that some submitted stories were far too big to be constrained by our format of 'background/goal/solution/results.' Some Jenkins users had a much more complex story to tell, whether...