In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Jenkins on nixOS latest version.
Before installing Jenkins, we need to update the system to the latest version. To do this, run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Now we will add the Jenkins module to the nixOS configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
services.jenkins.enable = true;
Save and close the file.
To install Jenkins, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i jenkins
To start Jenkins, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start jenkins
Now, you can access Jenkins by opening your web browser and typing "http://
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Jenkins on nixOS latest version. We hope this guide has been helpful to you.
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