+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio[ + image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Nikko_Toshogu_Nio_M3043.jpg/160px-Nikko_Toshogu_Nio_M3043.jpg[image] + ] + Nio + + + + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_I/O[NIO]-based https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Distributed+builds#Distributedbuilds-LaunchslaveagentviaJavaWebStart[Java Web Start (JNLP) agent handling] is coming to 1.560. This will help you run a large number of JNLP agents more efficiently. A connected JNLP agent used to occupy one thread on the controller, but now it occupies none. Combined with the earlier change that eliminated threads from idle executors, now you can connect thousands of agents. + ...

+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat[ + image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/US_Navy_040925-N-0295M-030_An_F-14D_Tomcat_conducts_a_high_speed_flyby_during_the_tactical_air_power_demonstration_at_the_2004_Naval_Air_Station_Oceana_Air_Show.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg[image]] + + + + I recently had an opportunity to visit a big Jenkins user on site, and one of the things they've told me is that building projects in the Maven job type is substantially slower than doing the same with the freestyle project type. + + + This is partly expected, because this job type does more for you. For example, it automatically archives...

+ + + + If you have agents that connect through https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Distributed+builds#Distributedbuilds-LaunchslaveagentviaJavaWebStart[Java Web Start] (such as https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+as+a+Windows+service#InstallingJenkinsasaWindowsservice-InstallSlaveasaWindowsservice%28require.NET2.0framework%29[agents installed as Windows services]), we have a good news for you. + + + In case of a connection loss, this type of agents has been designed to automatically attempt to reconnect to the controller. This makes sense because you want these agents to remain online all the time, even if...

Jenkins User Conference (JUC) season is upon us! It’s a busy year for the Butler — he’s hosting conferences all over and looking for sponsors to help: Boston — June 18 Berlin — June 25 Herzelia, Israel — July 16 Bay Area (California) — October (date TBD) Mr. Jenkins and the JUC Organizing Committee want to invite you and your company to sponsor a JUC this year. Show your support for the Jenkins community and help keep costs low...

+ Over the past three years, the Jenkins User Conference is held annually in the https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins/juc2013/juc2013-palo-alto-abstracts.cb#FlorianLier[Bay Area] with a few events in different locations around the world. The Jenkins User Conference has established a reputation as a focal point for the Jenkins community to come together to share new ideas and best practices. Each year we have experienced the growth and expansion within the Jenkins...

+ image:https://jenkins-ci.org/sites/default/files/images/fosdem.png[image] + + + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSDEM[FOSDEM] is probably the biggest open-source developers' conference in Europe. + + + This year will be the 3rd year for us to be present in FOSDEM. There will be https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/FOSDEM[a bunch of community people], handing out flyers and stickers, showing Jenkins, and generally be available to talk to people! This year, we'll bring some Jenkins T-shirts to sell, and hopefully some bobble...

I’m going to visit Sao Paulo once again this weekend to attend the second annual Jenkins users meet-up. It’s a whole day free event Saturday full of Jenkins goodness. You’ll hear from a number of active Jenkins folks, and I’ll be presenting about what CloudBees (where I currently work) has contributed to the Jenkins project, including recent new OSS plugins and some services. I’m also...

+ It's been a month now, but I realized that I've never posted a wrap-up post of JUC 2013. So in the spirit of "better later than, never", here it goes. + + + First of all, I wanted to thank everyone who came. More than 400 of you came, and another 600 signed up for live streaming of events (and I know some people watched...