Automate SpringBoot E‑Commerce Deployment with Jenkins & Docker: Step‑by‑Step Guide

Jenkins Overview

Jenkins is a leading open‑source automation server built with Java, offering over 1800 plugins to automate virtually any task.

Mall Project Introduction

The mall project is a SpringBoot3 + Vue e‑commerce system (≈60K GitHub stars) with a modular backend and a microservice architecture, deployed via Docker and Kubernetes. It includes modules for products, orders, carts, permissions, coupons, members, payments, etc.

Boot repository: https://github.com/macrozheng/mall

Cloud (Docker/K8s) repository: https://github.com/macrozheng/mall-swarm

Video tutorials: https://www.macrozheng.com/video/

Installing Jenkins with Docker

Use Docker to pull and run the Jenkins image:

docker pull jenkins/jenkins:lts

docker run -p 8180:8080 -p 50000:50000 --name jenkins \
    -u root \
    -v /mydata/jenkins_home:/var/jenkins_home \
    -d jenkins/jenkins:lts

After the container starts, retrieve the initial admin password:

docker logs -f jenkins

Jenkins Configuration

Install the recommended plugins.

Create an admin account.

Configure the Jenkins URL (e.g., http://192.168.3.101:8180/).

Install the SSH plugin to enable remote command execution.

In Global Tool Configuration , add Maven.

In Configure System , add global SSH credentials for the target Linux host.

One‑Click Deployment of SpringBoot Projects

Prepare deployment scripts in the project’s /document/sh directory and upload them to the Linux server’s /mydata/sh directory, making them executable.

Creating Jenkins Jobs for the Mall Modules

Example: mall‑admin job

Select “Freestyle project” and set the Git repository to https://gitee.com/macrozheng/mall.

Add a build step to compile the common, mbg, and security modules:

# install only mall-common, mall-mbg, mall-security
clean install -pl mall-common,mall-mbg,mall-security -am

Add a second build step to package the mall-admin module: clean package Add a third build step that uses the SSH plugin to run the remote script /mydata/sh/mall-admin.sh.

Save the job and trigger it to deploy the admin service. After a successful run, the API documentation is available at http://192.168.3.101:8080/swagger-ui/ and the admin UI at http://192.168.3.101/admin/.

Deploying Other Modules

For mall‑portal and mall‑search , copy the mall-admin job, adjust the pom.xml path and the SSH command to point to the respective module scripts. After execution, their API docs are reachable at http://192.168.3.101:8085/swagger-ui/ and http://192.168.3.101:8081/swagger-ui/ respectively, and the front‑end can be tested at http://192.168.3.101/app/.

Conclusion

Using Jenkins to deploy SpringBoot projects is straightforward: configure the build steps, click “Build”, and achieve one‑click deployment while avoiding manual command errors.

Project Links

GitHub repository: https://github.com/macrozheng/mall

The accompanying video tutorial (≈26 hours, 59 lessons) covers the latest microservice stack, Spring Cloud core components, and Kubernetes containerization.