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 Jenkins Job DSL / Plugin
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 The Jenkins "Job DSL / Plugin" is made up of two parts: The Domain Specific Language (DSL) that allows users to
 describe Jobs using in a groovy-based language, and a Jenkins Plugin which manages the scripts and the updating of the
 Jenkins jobs which are created and maintained as a result.