Types Of Projects Available in Jenkins

In Jenkins three are mainly used projects

• Freestyle project
• Pipeline project
• Multiconfiguration Project

1. Freestyle Project

It is the most used project because of its structure which is simpler than complicated. For this project there is no need for any scripting language or no need of coding skills by using the console itself self you can do all the configurations needed for the project which will save lots of time and effort for the employees.

2. Pipeline Project

DevOps professionals mostly work with pipelines because pipelines can automate processes like building, testing, and deploying the application. Doing it manually by UI takes lots of time and effort which will affect productivity. With the help of Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipeline scripts we can automate the whole process which will increase productivity and save lots of time for the organization and can deliver quality applications to the end users.

Read – How to Make a CI-CD Pipeline in Jenkins?

3. Multiconfiguration Project

In Jenkins, a Multiconfiguration Project—also called a Matrix Project—is a project type that enables you to execute a build or series of concurrent builds on several configurations or axes. When you need to test your software or run builds across several platforms, environments, or settings, this kind of project is quite helpful.

Jenkins freestyle project is the general purpose job that will clone the projects from the Source Code Management (SCM) like Github, Gitlab, and Bit Bucket. After according to the configurations done to the project it will execute the steps in a series of manner like archiving the artifacts and sending the email notifications etc.