Installation using the Jenkins Plugin Manager
Open Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Plugin Manager page
Search for Sealights Continuous Testing plugin in the Available tab
Click on Install without restart to trigger the installation of the plugin and its dependencies
The Jenkins Update Center only allows the installation of the most recently released version of a plugin. In some specific cases, a Jenkins administrator can download a .hpi file and manually install the plugin on the server.
Download the SeaLights Jenkins plugin archive
You can download the SeaLights Jenkins plugin file to the local computer from two locations
From Sealights servers: click here - Unzip the file. You will see a *.hpi file.
From Jenkins Plugins Archive website: click here
Installing the Sealights plugin on the Jenkins Server
Log in to Jenkins.
Click Manage Jenkins and select Manage Plugins
In the Manage Plugins menu, click the Advanced tab and scroll down to Upload Plugin section.
Upload the downloaded *.hpi file.
Upgrading
If you are upgrading from a previous version, after installing you might have more than one version of the plugin.
If so, simply uninstall the older version before restarting the Jenkins server.
Installation troubleshooting - Nginx
If Jenkins is running behind nginx, you might encounter the error 'Nginx 413 Request Entity Too Large'. Please refer to the dedicated article Jenkins - Nginx error when using Sealights Plugin
Configure the global settings of the plugin
Log in to Jenkins
Click Manage Jenkins and select Configure System
In the SeaLights Continuous Testing section, fill in the Token that you generated through the SeaLights dashboard.
Set any of the other fields if needed to override their defaults
For descriptions of each of the available options, see Jenkins Plugin Parameters
See 'Generating an Agent token' for instructions on how to generate a token