Steps:

1. Launch an EC2 instance: First, launch an Ubuntu instance on AWS EC2.

2. Install Java: Jenkins requires Java to run, so install the latest version of Java using the following command:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install fontconfig openjdk-11-jre
   

3. Install Jenkins: Add the Jenkins repository key to the system, add the Jenkins repository to the package sources, update the package list, and install Jenkins using the following commands:

    curl -fsSL https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable/jenkins.io.key|sudo tee \
        /usr/share/keyrings/jenkins-keyring.asc > /dev/null
   

    echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jenkins-keyring.asc] \
        https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ | sudo tee \
        /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list > /dev/null
   

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install jenkins -y
   

4. Start Jenkins: Once the installation is complete, start the Jenkins service using the following command:

    sudo systemctl start jenkins
    sudo systemctl enable jenkins
    sudo systemctl status jenkins
   

5. Open a web browser and go to http://<your-server-public-ip>:8080.

6. Unlock the Jenkins by entering the Administrator password which is stored in var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

   

7. Click on suggested plugins. It is going to install all the suggested plugins.

   

   

8. Create First Admin User and click on Save and Continue.

   

9. Click on Start using Jenkins to log into Jenkins Dashboard.

   

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I hope this article will help you.

-K NIRANJANA

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