Jenkins Reviews

We are an automotive infotainment software provider. Our products are for infotainment. We have displays or music systems that are dealing with the Android operating system, and we are using Jenkins for some of the jobs.

We have two deployment models. One is on-premises, and the other one is the private cloud.

As an organization, we have multiple products and variants. For example, a customer or OEM has multiple car lines or brands. There is a common platform, and Jenkins is helping with the source code. From this common platform, each of the variants is taken for the build. We don't need to build and test. 

We get to see the results, and it is also useful to see the status in terms of success, failure, or any issue. We are able to get the status for a variant. It is connected to other dashboards such as Grafana, and we are able to see everything in one place. 

It has been helpful in monitoring the progress and understanding how the daily build is happening. It gives us confidence that the products that we have built are shippable. We are able to get the status of whether a product is shippable or has a problem. This is the advantage that we have from an organizational standpoint.

The auto-schedule feature is valuable. Another valuable feature is that Jenkins does not trigger a build when there is no change in any of the systems. Jenkins also supports most of the open-source plug-ins. 

There are a lot of things that they can try to improvise. They can reduce a lot of configurations. It is currently supporting Groovy for scripting. It would be really good if it can be improvised for Python because, for most of the automation, we have Python as a script. It would be good if can also support Python.

We have a lot of Android builds. These Android builds can be a part of Jenkins. It can have some plug-ins or configurations for Android builds. There should also be some internal matrix to check the performance. 

We also want to have more REST API support, which is currently not much in Jenkins. We are not able to get more information about running Jenkins. More REST API support should be provided.

I have been using this solution for almost six years.

It has been pretty stable. We haven't faced any issues. If you are running Jenkins in any lower hardware, or your machine or hardware is not that compatible, you might see some memory or Java issues. If you are running Jenkins in a good hardware environment, you don't see any problem. When you have the right hardware and proper memory, there is no problem.

Scalability is one of the challenging parts. Before the Docker area, we had a lot of challenges in terms of scaling because in one product, we had version 2.215, and in another product, we had a different version. If you want to migrate from one version to another or if you want to pull a different product, it took some time. It took two weeks time to set it up in a different environment. With the help of Kubernetes and Docker, we are able to spin off a couple of clusters with the Jenkins master. It is helping us a lot.

We have around 4,000 users for multiple Jenkins. We are a product-based company. Our products are built daily by using Jenkins. Out of 4,000, 60% of the users are using it for development and continuous release purposes. It is also used for nightly builds.

For support, we have only reached out to the open-source community. We find information on the web, and with trial and error, we are able to solve problems.

If you get any licensed product, you get support, but with open-source solutions, you don't get such support. So, we are fully dependent on the Jenkins community and people with some experience for fixing the issues.

It is straightforward. We have the software, and we create a Docker file. We use Jenkins as a master for our project, and we also build all plug-ins and create one Docker image. We give a single command to some administrative people to install the master.

In terms of deployment duration, we have an automated Docker setup, which hardly takes one day. The manual method would take a week.

There are a lot of frequent virtual updates from Jenkins. If there is a change, we put it into our Docker container, and then we will check and confirm it, which is a good part. If you are not going for Docker, there is a short maintenance period. For example, one version might support a plug-in, but another version might not support the same plug-in. In such a case, we have to deprecate the plug-in and go for another part.

We have 24/7 IT support at the global level. For any issues, we are able to take help. For master, we have one person dedicated not only to Jenkins but also to other deployments and technologies.

We tried CircleCI and Concourse, but we went ahead with Jenkins.

For a person who wants to get started with Jenkins, I would advise initially deploying Docker with Jenkins. You can also create a shared library in Jenkins. You should have some basic knowledge of the Groovy script.

I would rate Jenkins an eight out of ten.

We use Jenkins in CI/CD pipelines. 

Jenkins integrates with multiple tools like Bitbucket and makes life easier. We don't have to write a lot of code since a lot of libraries are available. 

The product should provide more visualization as to how many pipelines are performing and how many builds are happening. It should also integrate with Kubernetes and OpenShift. 

I have been working with the solution for one and a half years. 

I would rate the product a nine out of ten. 

Jenkins is pretty scalable and I would rate it an eight out of ten. My company has more than 100 users for it. We use the tool every day. 

We report to our infrastructure team about the plugin issues. 

We wrote our own custom scripts before Jenkins. 

The tool requires maintenance whenever upgrades are available. 

We use the tool's open-source version which is free. There is an enterprise version which is expensive but comes with better support. 

I would rate Jenkins a nine out of ten. 

We use this solution to build, test, and then deploy new software to the FTP server.

This solution has improved our organization with how much time it saves when coding.

We really appreciate that this solution is plug and play. When coding in the version control system, this product completes the build process automatically.

We would like to see the addition of mobile simulators support to this solution, as part of its open-source offering. We currently have to carry out manual testing for these platforms.

We have worked with this solution for around four years.

We have found the stability of this solution to be good.

Due to the lack of mobile simulators, we have not scaled this solution.

We have not had to contact the technical support team; the official documentation provided has resolved any issues we came across.

We found the initial setup of this solution to be okay. The setup isn't complicated, but there is some step by step documentation provided that will need to be read and followed during the process.

The deployment of the product took one or two days initially, and only took one person to action.

We carried out implementation and deployment of this product using our in-house team.

This is an open-source solution for the basic features. However, if an organization wishes to include specific functionality, outside of the basic package, there are extra costs involved.

We previously trialed an AWS-based product. However, it was complex to use and conflicted with some of our existing software.

We highly recommend this solution for web development. However, for mobile development, it may be better for organizations to consider other options.

I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

We use Jenkins for deploying with GenX and work on the pipeline too. We engage in many activities using both Jenkins and GenX. 

I love Jenkins. I like that you work on anything, and you make anything. Jenkins is very important for my team. I am satisfied with the product.

Jenkins can be improved, but it's difficult for me to explain. The initial setup could be more straightforward. If you connect Jenkins with bookings and lockouts, it can be challenging.

I have been using Jenkins for three years.

Jenkins is a stable product.

Jenkins is a scalable solution. We have ten people using this product right now.

Technical support was very good.

On a scale from one to five, I would give technical support a five.

Positive

The initial setup depends on the project and related activities.

I have implemented this solution myself, and I have also used a consultant on other occasions.

Jenkins is not expensive and reasonably priced.

I would recommend Jenkins to potential users. You can use Jenkins with other products and make anything you like. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Jenkins a ten.

We use Jenkins to build and deploy our software.

Jenkins is very easy to use. It has a lot of integrations.

I would like to see more integrations included in the next release.

I have been using Jenkins for two years.

Jenkins is a stable solution.

Currently, we have 100 users working with Jenkins. We haven't had the need to scale the solution. We are satisfied with what we have.

There hasn't been a need to contact technical support.

Prior to using Jenkins, we were using Maven. We decided to switch because of the cloud enablement and the continuous integration.

The initial setup of Jenkins is easy.

We used an outside provider to install Jenkins.

I would recommend Jenkins to anyone thinking of implementing it into their organization.

Overall, I would rate Jenkins a nine out of 10.

We use Jenkins for integrated reporting. We have different projects that require coaching, gate configuration, and clone effects. We build packages, deploy, and upload-pack eights. We start at software changes and follow the process through to final testing and eventually launching. 

Jenkins has excellent task planning features. 

We have a variety of examples in our organization.  We have security configurations that we would like to isolate across our platform. It is not always easy to control the permissions for each user. There are cases where I do not want everyone to have access to the technical aspect of a job or even that the job exists.

I have been using Jenkins now for ten years.

We have found Jenkins to be very stable.

I believe Jenkins is scalable. We have over two hundred users. We have plans to increase this number.

We have not used technical support. We just Google, from the internet. Most of the time we can solve it on our side.

The initial set-up is easy for a single-link system. For more complicated systems it is not easy. As a product, Jenkins has been in the top five for more than five years, so that is not a problem.  

We did an in-house implementation. We have an incremental process for deployment. We also have a complete patent for official patent deployment. We have two patents, one for development and one for official relief. We have an integration team that is responsible for these patents.

Jenkins has a free licensing program.

Jenkins is the most popular automation engine in the world. There are other options, but fewer users. There are some other choices in the market but Jenkins is definitely number one. I would rate Jenkins an eight out of ten.

We use Jenkins for management purposes.

The most valuable features of Jenkins are creating builds, and connecting them with Sonar for Sonar analysis. Additionally, we connect it with other vulnerability tools, such as WhiteSource which is useful.

Jenkins could improve the integration with other platforms.

I have been using Jenkins for approximately two years.

Jenkins is stable.

I have found Jenkins to be scalable.

We have different teams within our company using this solution with different types of setups. We have approximately 25 users using the solution.

I have not contacted the support from Jenkins.

The initial implementation of Jenkins is simple.

The installation of Jenkins is done by our team.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Jenkins an eight out of ten.

The simplicity of Jenkins and the evolving ecosystem of Jenkins are most valuable. Today, you do not have to write a pipeline from scratch. The library functionality of Jenkins helps you to bring all those in ready-made, and you also get the best practices for them. That is a great feature of Jenkins, and that is why it is being used significantly.

Jenkins also helps you to be agnostic to cloud providers.

I would like to have an integrated dashboard on top of it and a better UX to look at. The dashboard could be better in terms of integration with other tools. We should be able to have a single pane of glass across all the tools that we use where Jenkins is the pipeline. This can be a very good upgrade to it.

I have been using this solution for about 10 years.

It is very stable.

It is highly scalable, and it can scale into different models.

In terms of its customers, I have worked with very big enterprises to small companies with about 100 people.

Jenkins is an open-source initiative. So, the support is more community-based. The community is great. I do not remember asking for help often because it is quite stable, but for any extensibility that can be built on it, the community is great. You can find lots of resources and helpful people.

It is definitely not complex. It might not be very easy for a newcomer, but it is in the easy to medium range to get started with.

As people are using it, they should come to the community and provide their input so that the community can grow better.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.