Practical Jenkins - Understanding Slaves, Agent Launch Methods, and Labels in Jenkins

This video tutorial covers Jenkins distributed architecture, focusing on configuring slave nodes using physical servers, virtual machines, and containers. It explains the benefits of using cloud instances and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. The tutorial also details various methods to add slaves to Jenkins, including Java Web Start and SSH. Additionally, it discusses the use of labels to manage job execution on specific environments, optimizing build processes and ensuring security.

Discuss the security advantages of using Jenkins slave nodes.

What are the benefits of using containers for Jenkins slaves?

How do dynamic slaves optimize the build process in Jenkins?