diff --git a/content/_data/authors/alecharp.adoc b/content/_data/authors/alecharp.adoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..25f88c7bc18a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/_data/authors/alecharp.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +name: "Adrien Lecharpentier" +twitter: alecharp +github: alecharp +blog: https://alecharp.fr +--- + +Adrien is a Jenkins user and plugins developer since 2009 and maintains several plugins. +Currently, Adrien works at link:https://www.cloudbees.com[CloudBees] as a software engineer, involved in open-source code development. diff --git a/content/blog/2019/03/2019-03-11-let-s-celebrate-java-11-support.adoc b/content/blog/2019/03/2019-03-11-let-s-celebrate-java-11-support.adoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a3fa2658cb39 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2019/03/2019-03-11-let-s-celebrate-java-11-support.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Let's celebrate Java 11 Support on Jenkins" +tags: +- core +- developer +- java11 +- community +- platform-sig +author: alecharp +links: + gitter: /jenkinsci/platform-sig + googlegroup: jenkins-platform-sig + sig: platform +--- + +NOTE: This is a joint blog post prepared by the Java 11 Support Team: Adrien Lecharpentier, Ashton Treadway, Baptiste Mathus, Jenn Briden, Kevin Earls, María Isabel Vilacides, Mark Waite, Ramón León and Oleg Nenashev. + +image:/images/logos/formal/256.png[Jenkins Java, role=center, float=right] + +We have worked hard for this and it's now here. +We are thrilled to announce **full support for Java 11 in Jenkins** starting from Jenkins 2.164 (released on Feb 10, 2019) and LTS 2.164.1 (ETA: March 14th). +This means you can now run your Jenkins masters and agents with a Java 11 JVM. + +Starting in June 2018, many events were organized to improve Jenkins code base and add Java 11 support. +Beyond these events, Core/Plugins maintainers and many other contributors have worked hard to make sure they discover and solve as many issues as possible related to Java 11 support. + +The effort to support Java 11 led to the creation of the https://github.com/jenkinsci/jep/blob/master/jep/211/README.adoc[JEP-211: Java 10+ support in Jenkins]. +It also spurred the creation of the https://jenkins.io/sigs/platform[Platform Special Interest Group] to coordinate the Java 11 work and other platform support efforts. + +== Celebration + +We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone involved in these tasks: code contributors, issue reporters, testers, event planners and attendees and all those in the community who have generously lent their time and support to this effort. +Thank you all! + +Here are some of the contributors who helped with this task (alphabetical order): + +Alex Earl, +Alyssa Tong, +Ashton Treadway, +Baptiste Mathus, +Carlos Sanchez, +Daniel Beck, +David Aldrich, +Denis Digtyar, +Devin Nusbaum, +Emeric Vernat, +Evaristo Gutierrez, +Gianpaolo Macario, +Isabel Vilacides, +James Howe, +Jeff Pearce, +Jeff Thompson, +Jesse Glick, +Jonah Graham, +Kevin Earls, +Ksenia Nenasheva, +Kohsuke Kawaguchi, +Liam Newman, +Mandy Chung, +Mark Waite, +Nicolas De Loof, +Oleg Nenashev, +Oliver Gondža, +Olivier Lamy, +Olivier Vernin, +Paul Sandoz, +Ramón León, +Sam Van Oort, +Tobias Getrost, +Tracy Miranda, +Ulli Hafner, +Vincent Latombe, +Wadeck Follonier, + +(We are deeply sorry if we missed anyone in this list.) + +== Guidelines + +In order to keep it simple, here is how you can start Jenkins on Java 11 using the Docker image. +You can select a Java 11 based image by suffixing the tag of the image with `-jdk11`. +If you are upgrading an existing instance please read the link:/doc/administration/requirements/upgrade-java-guidelines/[Upgrading Jenkins Java version from 8 to 11] page before upgrading. + +So you can run Jenkins on Java 11 with: + +[source, shell] +---- +docker run -p 50000:50000 -p 8080:8080 jenkins/jenkins:2.164-jdk11 +---- + +However, and as always, you can still start Jenkins with other methods. +Please see the more detailed documentation at link:/doc/administration/requirements/jenkins-on-java-11[Running Jenkins on Java 11]. + +== Developer guidelines + +For developers involved in Jenkins development, you can find details on developing and testing Jenkins to run on Java 11 on the link:https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Java+11+Developer+Guidelines[Java 11 Developer Guidelines]. + +This resource regroups the modifications which might need to be done in order to validate the compatibility of plugins for Java 11. + +== What's next + +Even though this is a big achievement, we still have work to do. + +Our first priority is adding Java 11 support to link:https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkinsfile-runner[JenkinsFile Runner] project. +From there, we will move on to port Java 11 support to the link:https://github.com/jenkins-x[Jenkins X] project and the link:projects/evergreen/[Evergreen] project. + +So, even if this is a big deal to us, this is not the end of the story. +It is a major step that will benefit users, developers, and members of the Jenkins community. + +== Reference links + +* link:/doc/administration/requirements/jenkins-on-java-11[Running Jenkins on Java 11] +* https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Known+Java+11+Compatibility+issues +* https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Java+11+Developer+Guidelines +* jep:211[Java 11 support in Jenkins] + diff --git a/content/images/avatars/alecharp.jpg b/content/images/avatars/alecharp.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..06628bf6f511 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/avatars/alecharp.jpg differ