Practical Jenkins - Using Amazon EC2 Instances as Jenkins Slaves

The video tutorial guides viewers through setting up AWS IAM users and groups for Jenkins, installing and configuring the EC2 Jenkins plugin, and launching EC2 instances as Jenkins slaves. It covers creating AWS credentials, configuring Jenkins to communicate with AWS, and running Jenkins builds on AWS instances. The tutorial also explains managing EC2 instances, including setting idle termination times and using custom scripts for instance setup.

What is the idle termination time set for the EC2 instance?

• 1 minute

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 30 seconds

What custom script is executed when the EC2 instance is launched?

• Installing OpenJDK and Git package

• Creating a new IAM user

• Configuring Jenkins

• Setting up security groups

What happens to the EC2 instance after the idle termination time is over?

• It is automatically terminated by Jenkins

• It remains active indefinitely

• It is manually terminated

• It is paused