Integrating Maven, Ant, Gradle, and NPM with Jenkins: Prerequisites, Installation, Configuration, and Common Commands

1. Integrate Maven

1.1 Prerequisites

JDK: Maven 3.3+ requires JDK 1.7+. Memory: no minimum.

Disk: 1G+ free space. OS: no restriction.

Download Maven Download

1.2 Install Maven

tar zxf apache-maven-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
# set global variables (/etc/profile)
export MAVEN_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.6.0
export PATH=$PATH:$MAVEN_HOME/bin
source /etc/profile

1.3 Jenkins configure Maven

System Settings → Global Tool Configuration

Write Jenkinsfile

node {
    stage ("build"){
        mavenHome = tool 'M3'
        sh "${mavenHome}/bin/mvn -v"
    }
}

Build test – Maven integration completed.

1.4 Common Maven Commands

clean install -DskipTests
clean package

2. Integrate Ant

2.1 Prerequisites

Download Download

2.2 Install Ant

tar zxf apache-ant-1.10.5-bin.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
# add global variables (/etc/profile)
export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.5
export PATH=$PATH:$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin
source /etc/profile

Test

2.3 Jenkins configure Ant

System Settings → Global Tool Configuration

Write Jenkinsfile

node {
    stage ("build"){
        antHome = tool 'ANT'
        sh "${antHome}/bin/ant -version"
    }
}

Build test – Ant integration completed.

2.4 Common Ant Command

ant -buildfile -f build.xml

3. Integrate Gradle

3.1 Prerequisites

Download Download

3.2 Install Gradle

unzip gradle-5.3-bin.zip -d /usr/local/
# add global variables (/etc/profile)
export GRADLE_HOME=/usr/local/gradle-5.3
export PATH=$PATH: $GRADLE_HOME/bin
source /etc/profile

3.3 Jenkins configure Gradle

System Settings → Global Tool Configuration

Write Jenkinsfile

node {
    stage ("gradlebuild"){
        gradleHome = tool 'GRADLE'
        sh "${gradleHome}/bin/gradle -v"
    }
}

Build test – Gradle configuration completed.

3.4 Common Gradle Commands

./gradlew -v (shows version, first run downloads Gradle if missing)

./gradlew clean (deletes build folder under HelloWorld/app)

./gradlew build (checks dependencies and compiles package)

./gradlew assembleDebug (builds and packages Debug version)

./gradlew assembleRelease (builds and packages Release version)

./gradlew installRelease (packages and installs Release mode)

./gradlew uninstallRelease (uninstalls Release mode package)

4. Integrate NPM

4.1 Prerequisites

Download Download

4.2 Install Node

tar xf node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz -C /usr/local/
# add global variables (/etc/profile)
export NODE_HOME=/usr/local/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64
export PATH=$PATH: $NODE_HOME/bin
source /etc/profile

Test

4.3 Jenkins configure NPM

Node is not listed in Jenkins global tools; define it directly in Jenkinsfile.

Jenkinsfile

node {
    stage ("npmbuild"){
        sh """
           export npmHome=/usr/local/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64
           export PATH=$PATH:$npmHome/bin
           npm -v
           """
    }
}

Build test

4.4 Common NPM Build Command

npm install && npm run build

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