The Linux Foundation Releases Jenkins Essentials Course (LFS267)

The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF), announced the availability of LFS267 – Jenkins Essentials, a new training course targeting DevOps engineers, Quality Assurance personnel, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), software developers, and architects who want to deepen their expertise with Jenkins for CI/CD workflows.

Why Jenkins Still Matters

Jenkins is an open-source automation server that offers hundreds of plugins supporting the building, deploying, and automation of virtually any software project. First released in 2004, Jenkins has maintained its position as one of the most widely adopted CI servers in the world. Its extensibility and large community make it a common choice for teams building CI/CD pipelines at scale.

What You Will Learn in LFS267

The course covers a broad range of practical, production-relevant Jenkins skills. By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Deploy Jenkins on Kubernetes — set up and manage Jenkins within a Kubernetes cluster for containerized workloads.
• Automate Jenkins installation with IaC — apply Infrastructure-as-Code principles to provision and configure Jenkins reliably.
• Configure a highly available Jenkins server — architect Jenkins for resilience and uptime in production environments.
• Scale with static and dynamic build agents — expand Jenkins infrastructure horizontally to handle varying build loads.
• Automate routine tasks via CLI and REST API — script and automate common Jenkins administration and job management tasks.
• Implement fine-grained security controls — secure Jenkins jobs and resources with role-based access and security policies.
• Set up effective CI/CD feedback loops — integrate notifications and reporting so teams get actionable build feedback quickly.
• Build complex multi-branch pipelines — create pipelines that mirror real-world branching strategies and release flows.
• Automate pull request workflows with GitOps — integrate Jenkins with Git repositories to trigger and validate PRs automatically.

These competencies map directly to SRE, DevOps engineer, and release engineer roles.

Prerequisites

Before enrolling in LFS267, students should have a working familiarity with Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Docker. Those who are new to any of these technologies can first complete free introductory courses from The Linux Foundation:

• Introduction to Jenkins (LFS167x)
• Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies
• Introduction to Kubernetes

About the Course Authors

LFS267 was developed by Himanshu Gautam and Deepika Gautam, co-founders of Aplima Inc., a CI/CD solutions provider.

Himanshu Gautam is an author, trainer, speaker, and software engineer with over 20 years of industry experience. He focuses on cloud-native architecture and DevOps practices, and has also authored the CI/CD with Jenkins X course (LFS268) for the Linux Foundation.

Deepika Gautam is an author, trainer, speaker, and DevOps evangelist with nearly two decades of software industry experience. She specializes in implementing DevOps toolchains across multi-cloud environments and authored the Introduction to Jenkins course (LFS167x).

About the Continuous Delivery Foundation

The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) is a vendor-neutral organization under the Linux Foundation that works to establish best practices for software delivery automation, promote adoption of CD tooling, and encourage collaboration across the ecosystem. The CDF hosts several prominent open-source projects including Jenkins, Jenkins X, Tekton, and Spinnaker.

About the Linux Foundation

Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation supports open-source collaboration across software, standards, data, and hardware. It is home to critical infrastructure projects including Linux, Kubernetes, and Node.js, and is supported by more than 1,000 member organizations worldwide.

Linux Foundation Releases Jenkins Essentials Training Course (LFS267)

The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF), announced the availability of a new instructor-developed training course: LFS267 – Jenkins Essentials. The course targets DevOps engineers, Quality Assurance (QA) professionals, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), software developers, and architects who want to build practical expertise with Jenkins for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows.

Why Jenkins Still Matters

Jenkins is an open-source automation server that has been a cornerstone of software delivery pipelines since its inception in 2004. With hundreds of plugins covering build, test, deploy, and notification workflows, it remains one of the most widely adopted CI servers in the industry. As organizations migrate workloads to Kubernetes and adopt GitOps practices, the need to operate Jenkins at scale—and to integrate it cleanly into cloud-native environments—has grown significantly.

What You Will Learn in LFS267

The course is structured to take learners from foundational Jenkins operations through advanced, production-grade configurations. Key topics include:

• Running Jenkins on Kubernetes – deploying and managing Jenkins controller and agents inside a Kubernetes cluster.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) automation – automating Jenkins installation and configuration using IaC principles to eliminate manual, error-prone setup.
• High availability – architecting a highly available Jenkins environment to minimize downtime.
• Scaling with static and dynamic agents – leveraging both pre-provisioned static build agents and on-demand dynamic agents to match workload requirements.
• CLI and REST API automation – scripting routine Jenkins administrative tasks to reduce toil.
• Fine-grained security controls – implementing role-based access and job-level security to protect CI/CD pipelines.
• Effective CI/CD feedback loops – configuring notifications and reporting so teams get actionable build and test feedback quickly.
• Multi-branch pipelines – building complex, real-world pipelines that handle feature branches, release branches, and hotfixes simultaneously.
• GitOps-driven pull request workflows – automating PR validation and merge gates using GitOps principles.

Together, these skills map directly to SRE, DevOps engineer, and release engineer job responsibilities.

Prerequisites

Students should arrive with a working understanding of Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Docker before enrolling. If you need to fill gaps in any of those areas, the Linux Foundation offers free introductory courses that can serve as on-ramps:

• Introduction to Jenkins (LFS167x) – free foundational Jenkins course.
• Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies – covers core cloud and container concepts.
• Introduction to Kubernetes – covers Kubernetes fundamentals needed to follow the cluster-deployment labs.

Course Authors

LFS267 was developed by Himanshu Gautam and Deepika Gautam, co-founders of Aplima Inc., a CI/CD solutions provider.

Himanshu brings more than 20 years of software engineering experience. He is a practitioner focused on cloud-native architecture and DevOps culture, and also authored the CI/CD with Jenkins X (LFS268) course for the Linux Foundation.

Deepika has nearly two decades of software industry experience specializing in DevOps toolchain implementation across multi-cloud environments. She authored the Introduction to Jenkins (LFS167x) course.

Pricing and Access

At the time of announcement, LFS267 was priced at $299, which includes unlimited access to all course content and hands-on labs for one year. The course was available to enroll immediately upon announcement.

Note: Pricing and availability may have changed since the original October 2020 announcement. Check the Linux Foundation Training catalog for current details.

About the Linux Foundation and the Continuous Delivery Foundation

Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation is a nonprofit organization that hosts collaborative development of critical open-source infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, and Node.js, and is supported by more than 1,000 member organizations.

The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) is a vendor-neutral, Linux Foundation-hosted organization dedicated to improving software delivery through security and speed. The CDF stewards some of the fastest-growing CD projects, including Jenkins, Jenkins X, Tekton, and Spinnaker, and drives best-practice education and cross-project collaboration across the CD ecosystem.