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Version 72.1 by Ramsey Gurley on 2011/04/24 16:18
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1 [[Hudson>>http://hudson-ci.org/]] is an "extensible continuous integration server". It monitors repeated executions of jobs, such as building software projects, and can be used to build WebObjects applications and frameworks. Hudson is an open source project, and can be used at no cost. An introductory presentation on building WebObjects projects with Hudson was given by Mike Schrag at WOWODC-West in 2009, and the video can be [[purchased from wocommunity.org>>http://www.wocommunity.org/apps/WebObjects/WOCommunity.woa/wa/recordings]].
2
3 == Setting up Hudson ==
4
5 There are a couple different ways to run Hudson. The easiest is to run it as a standalone application.
6
7 === Standalone Installation ===
8
9 {{info}}
10 These instructions are based on David Avendasora's setup. You may have different preferences as to where to install Hudson at or where to set its home directory to.
11 {{/info}}
12
13 1. Create a ##/Developer/Hudson/Home## directory.
14 1. [[Download Hudson>>http://hudson-ci.org/latest/hudson.war]], saving ##hudson.war## file to ##/Developer/Hudson##.
15 1. Launch Hudson with the following command in Terminal.app:
16
17 {{code}}
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19 java -DHUDSON_HOME=/Developer/Hudson/Home -jar /Developer/Hudson/hudson.war
20
21 {{/code}}
22
23 {{info}}
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25 Hudson uses a built-in servlet container in stand-alone mode. If you have Tomcat running on the computer already, you should use the {{\-}}{{{}{-}httpPort{-}}} and {{\-ajp13Port}} options to change which ports Hudson uses.
26 {code}
27 java -DHUDSON_HOME=/Developer/Hudson/Home -jar /Developer/Hudson/hudson.war -httpPort=9080 --ajp13Port=9009
28 {code}
29
30 {{/info}}
31
32 1. Point your browser to: [[http://localhost:8080/]] 
33 1. Start setting up jobs
34
35 === Standalone Jenkins w/SSL ===
36
37 Setting up SSL for Jenkins is surprisingly easy. I found basic instructions here at [[SSL Setup Options>>http://jenkins.361315.n4.nabble.com/SSL-Setup-Options-td954261.html]]. I'll repeat them here for posterity.
38
39 1. Create a selfsigned test SSL certificate. 
40 keytool genkey keyalg RSA alias selfsigned keystore keystore.jks -storepass ToPSecRet321 dname "cn=localhost"
41 1. Launch Hudson. 
42 java jar hudson.war -httpPort=-1 -httpsPort=8080 ~-~-httpsKeyStore=keystore.jks -httpsKeyStorePassword=ToPSecRet321
43 1. Launch browser 
44 Open "https:~/~/localhost:8080" in browser. You might get a browser warning, because the certificate is not signed by a known certificate authority. Communication is SSL-encrypted nevertheless.
45
46 Those with sharp eyes will notice the port has changed from the original instructions. That was required on Mac OS X because of permissions. Also, it's worth noting that the keytool asks for a second password for the private key of the ssl certificate. I used the same password as the keystore password and everything works. I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
47
48 === Standalone Jenkins and launchd on Mac OS X ===
49
50 In my case I created the jenkins user and JENKINS//HOME using dscl. ([[Using dscl to Create New Users and Groups>>http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/sites/archives/2008/04/using_dscl_to_c.html]]) To make jenkins launch when the machine boots up and relaunch if it dies, I created a launch daemon. Doing that requires a plist in the correct folder. Then either reboot, or launch the daemon with launchd on the command line.//
51
52 Make sure your permissions and user:group are set correctly on the plist (-rw-r~-~-r- root:wheel). In /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.jenkins.plist I placed:
53
54 {{code value="xml"}}
55
56 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
57 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
58 <plist version="1.0">
59 <dict>
60 <key>UserName</key>
61 <string>jenkins</string>
62 <key>Label</key>
63 <string>org.jenkins-ci.jenkins</string>
64 <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
65 <dict>
66 <key>JENKINS_HOME</key>
67 <string>/usr/local/jenkins/.jenkins</string>
68 </dict>
69 <key>ProgramArguments</key>
70 <array>
71 <string>/usr/bin/java</string>
72 <string>-jar</string>
73 <string>/usr/local/jenkins/jenkins.war</string>
74 <string>--httpPort=-1</string>
75 <string>--httpsPort=8080</string>
76 <string>--httpsKeyStore=/usr/local/jenkins/keystore.jks</string>
77 <string>--httpsKeyStorePassword=Jenkins123</string>
78 </array>
79 <key>StandardOutPath</key>
80 <string>/usr/local/jenkins/.jenkins/log/out.txt</string>
81 <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
82 <string>/usr/local/jenkins/.jenkins/log/err.txt</string>
83 <key>Disabled</key>
84 <false/>
85 <key>KeepAlive</key>
86 <true/>
87 <key>RunAtLoad</key>
88 <true/>
89 </dict>
90 </plist>
91
92 {{/code}}
93
94 === Servlet Container Installation on Mac OS X (10.5, 10.6) ===
95
96 1. Install Tomcat from [[http://www.macports.org]] with the command
97
98 {{noformat}}
99
100 sudo /opt/local/bin/port install tomcat6
101
102 {{/noformat}}
103
104 1. Create an administrative user in ##/opt/local/share/java/tomcat6/conf/tomcat-users.xml##.
105
106 {{code value="xml"}}
107
108 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
109 <tomcat-users>
110 <role rolename="manager"/>
111 <role rolename="admin"/>
112 <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="admin,manager"/>
113 </tomcat-users>
114
115 {{/code}}
116
117 {{panel bgColor="#F7D6C1"}}
118
119 Don't forget to change the username and password after you have finished checking out the build server and start using it in production.
120
121 {{/panel}}
122
123 1. Start Tomcat.
124
125 {{noformat}}
126
127 sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.tomcat6.plist
128
129 {{/noformat}}
130
131 1. [[Download Hudson>>http://hudson-ci.org/latest/hudson.war]], saving ##hudson.war## somewhere for later.
132 1. Create a folder for Hudson to work in: ##/opt/local/var/db/hudson##
133 1. Change ownership of that folder: ##chown www:_www /opt/local/var/db/hudson##
134 1. Add the following to ##/opt/local/share/java/tomcat6/conf/setenv.local##:
135
136 {{noformat}}
137
138 export HUDSON_HOME=/opt/local/var/db/hudson
139 export JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true
140
141 {{/noformat}}
142
143 1. Install Hudson in Tomcat: go to [[http://localhost:8080]], login with the user and password that you have created in ##tomcat-users.xml##, and upload ##hudson.war## to the Tomcat server.
144 1. Goto [[http://localhost:8080/hudson]] and you can start configuring your Hudson build server.
145
146 === {{color value="#000000"}}{*}Servlet Container Installation on Mac OS X Server (10.6)*{{/color}} ===
147
148 1. Tomcat is by default installed on Mac OS X Server.
149 1. Create an administrative user in&nbsp;##/Library/Tomcat/conf/tomcat-users.xml##.
150
151 {{code value="xml"}}
152
153 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
154 <tomcat-users>
155 <role rolename="manager"/>
156 <role rolename="admin"/>
157 <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="admin,manager"/>
158 </tomcat-users> 
159
160 {{/code}}
161
162 {{panel bgColor="#F7D6C1"}}
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164 {color:#000000}Don't forget to change the username and password after you have finished checking out the build server and start using it in production.&nbsp;{color}
165
166 {{/panel}}
167
168 1. The way to start it depends on the version. The current way is to go to the Web Settings in Server Admin, Settings, General, check the Tomcat checkbox. Restart the WebServer.&nbsp;
169 1. {{color value="#003366"}}[{{/color}}{{color value="#003366"}}Download Hudson{{/color}}http:~/~/hudson-ci.org/latest/hudson.war, saving&nbsp;##hudson.war##&nbsp;somewhere for later.
170 1. Create a folder for Hudson to work in:&nbsp;##/Library/hudson##
171 1. Change ownership of that folder:&nbsp;##chown appserver:sys /Library/Hudson##
172 1. Add the following to&nbsp;##/Library/Tomcat/bin/setenv.sh##:
173
174 {{noformat}}
175
176 export HUDSON_HOME=/Library/Hudson
177 export JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true
178
179 {{/noformat}}
180
181 1. Make sure that you are using UTF8 in the Connector, by adding
182
183 {{noformat}}
184
185 URIEncoding="UTF-8"
186
187 {{/noformat}}
188
189 to the Connector in /Library/tomcat/conf/server.xml in such a way:
190
191 {{noformat}}
192
193 <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
194 connectionTimeout="20000"
195 redirectPort="8443" URIEncoding="UTF-8"/>
196
197 {{/noformat}}
198
199 1. Install Hudson in Tomcat: go to [[http://localhost:8080]], login with the user and password that you have created in tomcat-users.xml, and upload hudson.war to the Tomcat server.
200
201 1. Goto [[http://localhost:8080/hudson]]&nbsp;and you can start configuring your Hudson build server.
202
203 == Building WO Apps ==
204
205 * Check out [[^setupWorkspace.sh]]