Local setup of Jenkins on a mac

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Jenkins
Download from jenkins and run the installer

Load and unload manually can be done with
load:sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist
unload: sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist

heap-size
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci heapSize 1024M

then unload and lot it to get the new configuration
 sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist 
 sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist 



Change default port
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci httpPort '7070'

To check the values
defaults read /Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci

Plugins
Goto the plugins page click on plugins, restart jenkins so that it read the downloaded list


ssh-key's

mkdir ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
ssh-keygen -t rsa

Then do
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/b/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/b/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/b/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

As jenkins user run : ssh git@github.com
answer yes to add key

Install rvm (for ruby)
Guide at http://yakiloo.com/setup-jenkins-and-rvm/
But change the url to
bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)

Install the ruby's needed (rvm install rvm 1.9.2-p290)


nice instructions on setup for mac
http://goodliffe.blogspot.se/2011/09/how-to-set-up-jenkins-ci-on-mac.html