install-jenkins-centos-6-3.sh

sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins.repo
sudo rpm --import http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/redhat/jenkins-ci.org.key
sudo yum -y install jenkins

sudo yum -y install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64

# Login as the jenkins user and specify shell explicity,
# since the default shell is /bin/false for most
# jenkins installations.
sudo su jenkins -s /bin/bash
ssh-keygen
exit

sudo service jenkins start

sudo tail -f /var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log



# see https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+on+RedHat+distributions
# and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15314760

jenkins-plugins.md

Recommended Jenkins plugins

0. GitHub Plugin
1. GitHub pull request builder plugin
2. Github OAuth Plugin
3. Project Description Setter Plugin
4. Green Balls
5. Plot Plugin
6. Workspace Cleanup Plugin

set-server-time-to-UTC.sh

# set the server time to UTC
sudo mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime

# sync to ntpd server time
sudo ntpd -q

# start ntpd after reboot
sudo chkconfig ntpd on

# cf: ntpd --list

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