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+# Jenkins
+
+This Vagrant project will provision a VirtualBox machine with Jenkins.
+The intended use cases are
+
+  - development on the `ebrc_jenkins` Puppet module
+  - a playground for Jenkins job configuration before unleashing to production
+    - including pre-flighting Jenkins upgrades
+  - a sandbox for Jenkins plugin development
 
 Only the master Jenkins server is provisioned at this time. Provisioning
 a separate worker node has not been implemented. Of course the master
 server can also serve as a worker so this single node will be sufficient
 for most use cases.
 
+Prerequisites
+=====
+
+The host computer needs the following.
+
+Vagrant
+---------------
+
+Vagrant manages the lifecycle of the virtual machine, following by the instructions in the `Vagrantfile` that is included with this project.
+
+[https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html](https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html)
+
+You should refer to Vagrant documentation and related online forums for information not covered in this document.
+
+VirtualBox
+------------------
+
+Vagrant needs VirtualBox to host the virtual machine defined in this project's `Vagrantfile`. Other virtualization software (e.g. VMWare) are not compatible with this Vagrant project as it is currently configured.
+
+[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
+
+You should refer to VirtualBox documentation and related online forums for information not covered in this document.
+
+Vagrant Librarian Puppet Plugin
+--------------------------------------
+
+This plugin downloads the Puppet module dependencies. Install the plugin with the command
+
+    vagrant plugin install vagrant-librarian-puppet
+
+Vagrant Landrush Plugin (Optional)
+--------------------------------------
+
+The [Landrush](https://github.com/phinze/landrush) plugin for Vagrant
+provides a local DNS where guest hostnames are registered. This permits,
+for example, the `rs1` guest to contact the iCAT enabled server by its
+`ies.vm` hostname - a requirement for iRODS installation and function.
+This plugin is not strictly required but it makes life easier than
+editing `/etc/hosts` files. This plugin has maximum benefit for OS X
+hosts, some benefit for Linux hosts and no benefit for Windows. Windows
+hosts will need to edit the `hosts` file.
+
+EBRC uses a custom fork of Landrush. In an OS X terminal, run the
+following.
+
+    git clone https://github.com/mheiges/landrush.git
+    cd landrush
+    rake build
+    vagrant plugin install pkg/landrush-0.18.0.gem
+
+_If you have trouble getting the host to resolve guest hostnames through landrush try clearing the host DNS cache by running_
+
+`sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder`.
+
+You should refer to Landrush and Vagrant documentation and related online forums for information not covered in this document.
+
+Usage
+=======
+
+    git clone git@github.com:EuPathDB/vagrant-jenkins.git
+
+    cd vagrant-jenkins
+
+    vagrant up
+
+The default Jenkins website will be available at
+
+    http://ci.jenkins.vm:9191/
+
+Setup and Configuration
+=======
+
+For most use cases no configuration is needed.
+
+Jenkins is provisioned using Puppet using adjustable parameters defined
+in the Hiera file `puppet/environments/production/hieradata/common.xml`
+
+The configuration changes you may be interested in include the Jenkins
+version and network ports that the server listens on. These are defined
+in the `ebrc_jenkins::instances` Hiera hash.
+
+The most important Puppet module in play here is `ebrc_jenkins` so see
+that module's documentation at
+https://github.com/EuPathDB/puppet-ebrc_jenkins for details.
+
+
 Manual Puppet Run
 =======
 
+When doing `ebrc_jenkins` Puppet module development you can trigger a
+run of the puppet agent with `vagrant provision` on the Vagrant host or
+by running the puppet agent on the guest.
+
     sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet apply --environment=production /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp