Plugins Click 'Jenkins' the top left link Click 'Manage Jenkins' Click 'Manage Plugins' Click 'Available' to view the list plugins Search for and Install: Green Balls - upon job completion green ball will appear instead of default blue Maven Integration plugin - an ideal plugin for maven projects Email Extension Plugin - for email sending and receiving Email Extension Template Plugin - for administrators to create email templates for global use Cucumber reports - provides html reports for cucumber where a jason report is generated Email Setup Click 'Jenkins' the top left link Click 'Manage Jenkins' Click 'Configure System' Jenkins Location Jenkins URL: http://localhost:8080/ System Admin e-mail address: Jenkins Admin Extended E-mail Notification SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com Click Advanced Set 'Use SMTP Authentication' to True User Name: enter your GMail address here Password: enter your GMail password here Set 'SSL' to True SMTP Port: 465 Charset: UTF-8 Click Save Note: Ensure E-mail Notification section is not being used to avoid conflicts Global Tool Configuration Click 'Jenkins' the top left link Click 'Manage Jenkins' Click 'Global Tool Configuration' JDK: Name: JAVA_HOME JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_151 Maven: Name: MAVEN_HOME MAVEN_HOME: C:\Users\qureshiz\Apache Maven 3.6.0 Click Save