​STEP1: Launch an Amazon EC2 instance,  First, log in to the AWS management console and from EC2 dashboard. select the launch instance and create a new instance using the CentOS



click on select button.

STEP 2: Choose an instance type  

On the Choose an Instance Type page, the t2.micro instance .this instance type to stay within the free tier.



click on review and Launch instance
we just skip the other 3 to 6 steps.

STEP3: Review Instance Launch page




On the Review Instance Launch page, click Launch.

STEP4: Create key pair 

In the create a new key pair dialog box, Create a key pair using Amazon EC2




don't forget Download key pair , and click on Launch button.
note: keypair helps to connect your instance 
STEP 5: view your ec2-instance




STEP 6: Connect your EC2-instance

After launch your instance, you can connect to it.
the easy way to connect your instance (select instace and click on connect button)



next , click on connect button
connect your instance in your browser tab.
  

STEP 7: Download and install Jenkins

we are going to run jenkins commands step by step, which are required to install Jenkins on a centos machine and one important think is Jenkins is a Java application, so the first step is to install Java.

a) install java
Run the following command to install the OpenJDK 11 package.

yum install java-11-openjdk-devel
java -version




b) install wget package

we need to install wget package, run  the below commands

yum -y install wget


c) Add the Jenkins repo

sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/jenkins.repo https://pkg.jenkins.io/redhat-stable/jenkins.repo




d) Add jenkins key file

Import a key file from Jenkins-CI to enable installation from the package:

sudo rpm --import https://pkg.jenkins.io/redhat-stable/jenkins.io.key


e) install jenkins
run the jenkins instalation commands

yum install epel-release
yum install jenkins




f) check the jenkins status

To start the Jenkins service and enable it at startup, enter the following:

sudo systemctl start jenkins
sudo systemctl enable jenkins




To display the status of the Jenkins service

sudo systemctl status jenkins




jenkins install successfully.

STEP 8: Configure and Set up Jenkins

a) change EC-2 security Group

Jenkins is now installed and running on your EC2 instance. To configure Jenkins:
First , we have enable the jenkins port
goto ec2 instance --> select your instance security Group--> click on edit inbount rule

note : jenkins default port is 8080


b) check and view  the jenkins 

next, Open a web browser, and enter the following URL

enter your puplic ip:port 

http://18.118.16.101:8080/


 


The browser should display an Unlock Jenkins page.enter the password found in /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword


c) view jenkins password

Goto ec2 instance terminal , enter the below command

cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword





 to view your jenkins password (copy the password), paste the jenkins unlock page

d) install jenkins plugins

Jenkins will prompt you to install plugins.


e) view the plugins instalation process 

Once the installation is complete, Create First Admin User, click Save and Continue.



f) create admin user


next, create first Admin User, fill your details


then, your jenkins setup is completed , just select start using jenkins

g) jenkins start page is ready state



h)  jenkins home page

This step takes you to the Jenkins dashboard where you can create new jobs. 


that's it