Jenkins Freestyle Project FAQ’s
What is the difference between Jenkins freestyle project and pipeline?
- Jenkins freestyle Project: Configured using the Jenkins online console’s graphical user interface (UI). With a point-and-click interface, users configure build steps, post-build actions, and configurations.
- Jenkins pipeline project: Permits the definition of build processes with both Groovy-based Scripted Pipeline, which has a more flexible and script-like syntax, and Declarative Pipeline, which has an opinionated and structured syntax. Versioning, teamwork, and treating build processes like code are all made possible by pipeline as code.
What are the 2 types of pipelines available in Jenkins?
The two type of pipelines which can be used in the jenkins was,
- Scripted Pipeline
- Declerative Pipeline
Creating And Configuring Freestyle Projects In Jenkins
Jenkins freestyle project is the general purpose job that will clone the projects from the Source Code Management (SCM) like Github, Gitlab, and Bit Bucket. After according to the configurations done to the project it will execute the steps in a series of manner like archiving the artifacts and sending the email notifications etc.