Jenkins

Jenkins is the world's most popular open-source automation server, powering continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for millions of projects worldwide. Originally developed in 2005 as Hudson and rebranded as Jenkins in 2011, it has become the industry standard for build automation, enabling development teams to ship software faster and with greater confidence. With over 1,800 plugins in its ecosystem, Jenkins integrates seamlessly with virtually every tool in modern software development—from version control systems like Git, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket to cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. The active open-source community continuously adds new features and integrations, making Jenkins adaptable to emerging development practices and tools.

Common Use Cases

Development teams use Jenkins to automate building and testing code with every commit, catching bugs early through automated unit tests, integration tests, and code quality checks that run on every pull request. DevOps engineers deploy Jenkins to orchestrate complex deployment pipelines spanning development, staging, and production environments, with automated rollbacks, approval gates for critical releases, and integration with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Ansible. QA teams leverage Jenkins to run comprehensive automated test suites on schedule or trigger, including end-to-end browser tests, API tests, and load tests across multiple platforms and configurations. Platform teams implement Jenkins as the central automation hub for infrastructure maintenance, running scheduled tasks like database backups, security scans, Docker image builds, and system health checks with full audit trails and notifications through Slack, email, or custom webhooks.

Key Features

• Pipeline-as-Code with Jenkinsfile support for version-controlled automation workflows
• Distributed builds across multiple agents for parallel execution and faster feedback
• 1,800+ plugins for integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and more
• Role-based access control with authentication via LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth, and SAML
• Real-time build monitoring with detailed logs, test reports, and trend analysis
• Blue Ocean interface for modern, intuitive pipeline visualization and management
• Scheduled builds, webhook triggers, and manual approvals for flexible workflow control
• Artifact management with build archiving and deployment to Nexus, Artifactory, or S3
• Extensible REST API and CLI for automation and integration with external systems
• Multi-branch pipelines for automatic build configuration across Git branches
• Built-in support for Docker containers and Kubernetes deployments
• Comprehensive audit logging and build history retention

Why deploy Jenkins on Hostinger VPS

Deploying Jenkins on a Hostinger VPS gives you complete control over your CI/CD infrastructure with dedicated resources that ensure consistent build performance—no shared CPU throttling or unpredictable delays that can occur with cloud-based CI services. With full root access, you can install any build tools, SDKs, databases, or dependencies your projects require without hitting platform limitations or package restrictions. Hostinger VPS provides the reliability needed for critical automation, with predictable costs regardless of build minutes consumed—perfect for growing teams where pay-per-minute CI services become expensive. Your Jenkins installation remains private and secure within your own infrastructure, ideal for proprietary codebases, internal tools, or projects with compliance requirements that prohibit using third-party CI services. The persistent storage ensures build histories, artifacts, and configurations are never lost, while the ability to run long-running builds or resource-intensive tests without arbitrary timeouts makes Hostinger VPS the ideal platform for serious development teams.