Jenkins vs Jenkins X: Choosing the Right CI/CD Tool for Your Projects

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Jenkins Architecture:

1. Monolithic Design:

• Traditional Jenkins is designed as a monolithic application where all components (master, agents, plugins) are tightly integrated within a single instance.
• This architecture can lead to scalability challenges and increased complexity, especially in large-scale deployments or managing diverse workloads.

2. Centralized Control:

• In Jenkins, the master node is the central control point for managing jobs, pipelines, and configurations.
• While this centralised control model offers simplicity in setup and management, it may lack flexibility and resilience in distributed or cloud-native environments.

3. Agent-Based Execution:

• Jenkins relies on agent nodes to execute build and deployment tasks. These agents communicate with the master node to receive instructions and report back status.
• While this approach allows for distributed execution and parallelism, it can introduce overhead in managing agent nodes and coordinating communication.