Chapter 2. Installing and Running Hudson

Hudson is very easy to install and configure in a wide variety of environments. We will cover running Hudson from the .war file and installing Hudson into an existing application server. After we have our Hudson application running, we will see how the initial setup works and install some common plugins. Finally, we will examine the .hudson working directory.

We will cover four different ways to install Hudson. You can read each of the sections to compare deployment methods, or you can skip to the section that covers your preferred method of running the Hudson web application. The important thing is, that we have a working Hudson installation by the end of this chapter.