What is Blue Ocean

Jenkins has long been a trusted powerhouse for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Despite its reliability and robust open-source foundation maintained by CloudBees, the traditional Jenkins user interface feels somewhat outdated and less intuitive compared to modern CI/CD platforms. This can lead to a clunky experience in labs, courses, blogs, and consulting projects.

Blue Ocean addresses these concerns by modernizing the Jenkins UI. Instead of adding new functionality, Blue Ocean revitalizes the existing interface with a refreshed design and improved usability. This enhanced visualization brings a 2022-style user experience that aligns with the design standards of contemporary CI/CD tools.

Key Benefits of Blue Ocean

Blue Ocean provides numerous advantages for organizations looking to optimize their CI/CD workflows:

• Enhanced Visualization: Enjoy a sophisticated and intuitive view of your CI/CD pipelines.
• Faster Status Comprehension: Quickly understand pipeline statuses through a visually appealing and modern interface.
• Interactive Pipeline Editor: Create pipelines more easily using an intuitive editor that reduces dependence on traditional Jenkinsfiles.
• Role-Based Personalization: Tailor the interface to suit specific user roles, enabling more precise interventions when issues occur.
• Seamless Integration: Benefit from native support for branch and pull request workflows on platforms like GitHub and Bitbucket.

What’s Next?

In this lesson, we'll show you how to set up Blue Ocean by preparing the plugin and creating a new pipeline using its intuitive interface. By following these steps, you'll be able to harness the power of Blue Ocean for a more efficient CI/CD process.

Let’s dive in and get started with Blue Ocean. We'll see you in the next lesson.

For additional details on Jenkins and CI/CD best practices, visit the Jenkins Documentation.