Jenkins: Global Tool Configuration

Go to Jenkins home page.

Click on Manage Jenkins tab.

Click on ‘Global Tool Configuration’.

As you see above image, you can configure JDK, Git, Gradle, Maven, Ant, Docker etc., here.

Configure JDK

I will show you, how to configure JDK.

Click on ‘Add JDK button.

Once you click on ‘Add JDK button, it lists all the JDK installations available in your system.

Give some meaningful name here. Since I would like to install ‘java8’, I given the name as ‘Java 8’. Select the java version from the drop down. Accept the license agreement. Click on Save button.

That’s it you are done….

In the same way, you can configure other software’s also.

When will Jenkins install the configured software?

Jenkins will install the software automatically, when the first time it is needed.

How to delete the configured installers?

It is very simple, just click on the button ‘Delete Installer’ to delete the configured installer.

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