Why You Should Stop Relying on Jenkins Plug-ins

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  • github-plugin

    Jenkins GitHub plugin

  • Carefully Curate Plug-ins Create a shortlist of carefully selected plug-ins, and stick to those. This list should take into account both security and maintainability concerns. As a general rule, it's best to stick with plug-ins that offer integration with cloud providers such as GitHub or Amazon Web Services as they often receive strong support from the community and developers of those cloud providers. For instance, GitHub plug-in is a well-maintained plug-in you can rely on. Test new plug-ins and upgrades on a secondary Jenkins server before you run them on your primary server.

  • Jenkins

    Jenkins automation server

  • According to ActiveState's State of CI/CD 2020 survey results, Jenkins is the most-used CI/CD tool on the market. As one of the first job runners on the market, it's had plenty of time to gain popularity and has been a crucial component in advancing the DevOps approach of building and delivering software.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • Puts Debuggerer

    Ruby library for improved puts debugging, automatically displaying bonus useful information such as source line number and source code.

  • Carefully Curate Plug-ins Create a shortlist of carefully selected plug-ins, and stick to those. This list should take into account both security and maintainability concerns. As a general rule, it's best to stick with plug-ins that offer integration with cloud providers such as GitHub or Amazon Web Services as they often receive strong support from the community and developers of those cloud providers. For instance, GitHub plug-in is a well-maintained plug-in you can rely on. Test new plug-ins and upgrades on a secondary Jenkins server before you run them on your primary server.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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