CloudBees: Cloud Platform as a Service for Java Web Apps, Supported Jenkins/Hudson and Jenkins/Hudson in the Cloud

CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse

Manage and Monitor Jenkins Jobs from within Eclipse

Manage and monitor on-premise Jenkins jobs from within Eclipse
Manage and monitor Jenkins jobs in the cloud from within Eclipse

Turbo-charge Java application development, build and deployment in the cloud…with Eclipse! With the CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse, developers can work directly within their Eclipse environment to create and monitor Jenkins jobs on-premise and in the cloud with CloudBees DEV@cloud and easily deploy those applications to RUN@cloud, part of CloudBees Platform as a Service.

Features

Use Eclipse to

Monitor on-premises Jenkins
Monitor Jenkins in the cloud
Browse source repositories if hosted on CloudBees
Seamlessly deploy applications to the CloudBees Platform as a Service (RUN@cloud platform)

Benefits

Improved software quality: directly integrating quality, enhancing processes makes them easier to do – and more likely to be done
Promote usage of Jenkins within the organization, all from within developer loved tools
Easily access the benefits of the cloud – resources are instantly available with no configuration hassle
Faster time to market: streamlined development and deployment processes yield greater productivity

Installing the CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse

The CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse plugin is found at http://eclipse.cloudbees.com.

Go to help option under Eclipse and install the plugin by putting in the eclipse.cloudbees.com URL.
Install the plugins.
Once installed, restart eclipse to detect the plugin and use it.

(NOTE: Requires that you have Eclipse version 3.6 or later.)

Using the CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse

Monitoring On-premise Jenkins Jobs

On CloudBees' preferences window, click on the "Attach to Jenkins instances not hosted on DEV@cloud...". Enter the URL and credential of the Jenkins instance you would like to connect to. Start monitoring the jobs from within the IDE.

Monitoring Jenkins in the cloud

On CloudBees' preferences window, enter the username and password for CloudBees and hit the Validate button. If an account does not exist, you will need to create one. Creating an account is a five-minute process and does not require a credit card - you are signed onto the free tier of CloudBees. Once validated, start and monitor Jenkins jobs from within the IDE.

Deploying Applications to the Cloud (and Locally)

The CloudBees Toolkit for Eclipse offers two modes for deployment.

Local mode: Right click on the application and choose "Run Local" in the CloudBees menu. This deploys the application in a local sandbox.
Cloud: Right click on the application and choose "Deploy to RUN@cloud" to deploy the application to the CloudBees PaaS