Jenkins – Managing Plugins
Jenkins provides a variety of plugins for a different task. To see the list of all available plugins in Jenkins, open the following link: https://plugins.jenkins.io/
We have already seen many plugins in our previous sections. Let’s see some maintenance tasks related to plugins.
Installing Plugins:
Step 1: To install a plugin, go to the Jenkins Dashboard and click on Manage Jenkins.
Step 2: Scroll down and select Manage Plugins.
Step 3: Go to the Available tab and in the filter option, search for the plugins which you want to install.
Step 4: Select that plugins and click on Install without restart button. You can also choose Download now and install after restart button.
Once the installation has been completed successfully, click on Go back to the top page link.
Uninstalling Plugins
Step 1: To uninstall a plugin in Jenkins, go to the Manage Jenkins.
Step 2: Select Manage Plugins.
Step 3: Click on the Installed tab. And select the pipeline which you want to uninstall and click on Uninstall button.
Step 4: Click on Yes button.
Your selected plugin will remove successfully.
Installing the plugin manually
Sometimes it may be necessary to install an older version of a plugin, in such a case, you install the plugin manually.
Step 1: For this, first, you have to download the plugin from the relevant plugin page on the Jenkins website. Then go to the Jenkins dashboard and select Manage Jenkins.
Step 2: Select Manage Plugins.
Step 3: Click on Advanced tab and on the upload plugin section browse the downloaded plugin’s location.
Step 4: Then click on the Upload button.