Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees provides a number of plugins - over and above those available through the Jenkins Community - that help organizations address three main areas typically found in enterprise implementations. Additionally, with Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, users are provided with a stable release and update patches. The current release of Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees is version 11.10, released in October 2011.

The three main categories of plugins available for Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees users are:

Large Install Plugins
This group of plugins helps administrators manage large numbers of jobs, projects and teams. The plugins that help with large installation problems are:

• Folders Plugin
  Folders help to create hierarchies or custom taxonomies to better manage large numbers of jobs
• Templates Plugin
  Capture “sameness” of configuration information in one place that is propogated
• Backup Scheduling Plugin
  Use Jenkins to backup Jenkins. No more cron jobs or error-prone custom scripts

Security Plugins
Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees helps administrators secure their projects and/or installations with the following plugins:

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Plugin
  Setup sophisticated authorization policies to manage Jenkins
• WikiText Descriptions Plugin
  Prevent potential XSS attacks due to HTML descriptions in Jenkins

Optimized Utilization Plugins
Jenkins administrators can make better use of existing resources, greatly improving build times and reducing costs, with these plugins:

• VMware ESXi/vSphere Auto-Scaling Plugin
  Better leverage existing VMware resources by using machines in VMware pools as slaves
• Label Throttled Build Execution Plugin
  Define the bare-metal limits for VMs being used as slaves. This helps in faster runs when multiple builds are running multiple VMs on a single bare-metal machine
• Even Load Strategy Plugin
  Change the default slave allocation algorithm of Jenkins to allocate jobs to free machines
• Skip Next Build Plugin
  Stop running builds for a specified period of time (usually if there are known errors that are being fixed)

Additionally, with Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, organizations benefit from a stable and well-defined release cycle (Jenkins LTS versions are supported for up to 12 months) as well as a fully supported code base with backward compatible fixes provided, as needed. Furthermore, with expert Jenkins developers on staff, CloudBees is your best source to get expert support.

If you are already using Jenkins today, the migration to Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees is extremely simple. CloudBees makes it easy for enterprises to adopt Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, further leveraging the value realized from Jenkins.

CloudBees DEV@cloud Integration
By subscribing to Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, you can also easily outsource some of your peak load to our DEV@cloud Jenkins as a Service offering: all Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees subscriptions include a base Jenkins as a Service subscription and build-time credits.

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