On my Jenkins build server, I want to set an Authentication Token so that only users that know the token can fire off builds. (As described here.)
This doc page says that it should be configurable under my job's "Build Triggers" configuration.
However, my server has no such fields, and I'm running the latest version (1.546). Mine looks like this:
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As you can see, this doesn't really look like the docs say it should.
How can I set this token?
You're missing the Trigger builds remotely (e.g., from scripts) Build Trigger:
This is only visible with Security enabled. To get this option from a freshly downloaded 1.546 WAR, I changed Configure Global Security from Anyone can do anything to at least Logged-in users can do anything. For ease/speed of testing, under Security Realm I selected Jenkins’ own user database and Allow users to sign up:
You can go to http://Jenkins-IP/jobs/me/configure to check and change your API access token. Also check whether the user you intend to use has necessary permissions to execute the builds in Manage Jenkins>Configure Global Security
Each jenkins user gets an authentication token - applicable since version 1.426 (more).
You can see yours, provided you are logged in your jenkins server, at http://your.jenkins.server/me/configure
(press 'show API token' button)
Then you can copy and paste it in your scripts (e.g. see here for an example usage).
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We would like to use the GitHub Pull Request Builder plugin in Jenkins, however in order to use this plugin you are required to enter credentials in the 'Manage Jenkins > Configure System' section that gives access to a given GitHub Enterprise server.
Our issue is that credentials giving access to all of github are too strong to be stored in the credentials manager. I know that you can limit the scope of credentials by using the Folders plugin, however this just limits access to those credentials to jobs in certain folders. Is there a way to restrict credentials so they can only be used in the 'Manage Jenkins > Configure System' section?
Our issue is that credentials giving access to all of github are too strong to be stored in the credentials manager.
This is why you can also use a Personal Access Token. Check the documentation for the plugin at: https://go.cloudbees.com/docs/plugins/pull-request-builder-for-github/. This is not the official plugin page but having read both, this one keeps to the best practices in terms of credentials. The important bits are:
Go to your GitHub settings page.
In the left sidebar, click Personal Access Token.
Click Generate new token.
Give your token a descriptive name
Select the scopes to grant to this token. Pull request tester plugin require permission to administer repository hooks and access repositories: repo, public_repo, admin:repo_hook, repo:status.
Then you can follow the rest of the guide to enter the token in the plugin configuration pages.
Hope this helps.
I've set up a new Jenkins server earlier today.
When I open localhost:8080/jenkins, it prompts me for a username and password.
I enter mine in, and from there I can view my dashboard, including the projects I've set up, and their artifacts.
However, I would like people to be able to download the artifacts of my projects, without an account.
But that's the only thing I would like to allow them to do. View my artifacts, and nothing else, unless they have an account.
So, how do I set this up?
The answer is actually pretty simple.
Go to Manage Jenkins, then Configure Global Security.
Then check:
Enable security
Jenkins' own user database (in Access Control -> Security Realm)
Logged-in users can do anything (as well as Allow anonymous read access) [both are in Access Control -> Authorization]
Once that's done, other people should be able to view your artifacts.
I have installed Build Token Root Plugin (Version 1.2) in Jenkins. But the "Trigger builds remotely" options doesn't appear.
The end goal is to trigger Jenkins from SlackBot. I followed this tutorial.
I must be doing something very silly. Please help.
Stackoverflow articles referred with no vain
Hudson - missing Trigger builds remotely option
Triggering builds remotely in Jenkins
You need to read it: Quick and Simple Security
Enable the security setting, go to http://yourhost/jenkins/configureSecurity and select enable security, then choose Delegate to servlet container for security realm and Legacy mode for authorization strategy. Or, you may click on the Manage Jenkins link on the left side of the main Jenkins dashboard page to get to the configuration page, then click Configure Global Security.
To log into Jenkins go to http://yourhost/jenkins/loginEntry, or click on the login link located on the top right hand corner of any Jenkins Dashboard page.
This will bring you to the Login page. Enter the user name and password, and click on the Submit button. This will take you back to the main Jenkins dashboard. You will now see the Manage Jenkins link on the left side of the page.
To logout simply click the logout link located on the top right hand corner of any Jenkins dashboard page.
Anonymous read access required
The preceding instructions require that anonymous users have read access to Jenkins. If you disable overall read access for anonymous users, the Build Token Root Plugin allows use of tokens.
Be carreful while applying the accepted answer. It locked me out of Jenkins.
Here is an alternative:
* Security Realm: Jenkins' own user database (uncheck Allow users to sign up)
* Authorization: Logged-in users can do anything
The “Trigger builds remotely” then appears.
I'm hosting a project on my Jenkins server. That project has a GitHub repo and I have it set up so it automatically builds new commits. In order for that to work, I need to input credentials for a github account that has full access to the repo.
The problem is, that if I want him to add his login info to the credentials list, I'd have to give him acces to all credentials on the server (I don't want that).
I tried using the credentials under "{username}" > "Credentials", but those didn't show up in the project setup (even with 100% access to everything on the server).
Is there a way for the user to store his credentials and use them for the project without giving him full access to all credentials on the server?
Add the user's credentials under Global security and then allow project based Matrix Authorization Strategy per project as shown:
I found the answer in this mailing list entry:
In short: You need to
install and activate the Authorize Projects Plugin,
enable "run as specific user" strategy in global security settings,
enable this for the project in question.
This allows you to use the credentials for this specific user.
Enabling ssh-agent is the final step to make this work conveniently.
Is there a way to use the credential store with the CVS plugin to access a CVS repository? Looking for a way to store credential once and have one place to change it, despite many jobs making use of it.
The CVS plugin doesn't use the credentials store directly (although there are potential plans to move to this in a future overhaul of the plugin), but it does have a concept of global credentials which should provide what you need. The reason for having something separate from global credentials was that CVS introduced this prior to the credentials plugin being available and the steps have never been taken to try and perform a migration.
To use this credential feature, ensure you have version 2.4 or above of the CVS plugin, goto your 'Manage Configuration' screen, scroll down to the CVS section and click the 'Add' button next to the 'Authentication' option. Once you've added any credentials in here, go back to the jobs you're wanting to use the global credentials on, check the CVS root matches what you put in the authentication section and that it doesn't contain a username and then run your job. When running, the console should then show 'Using globally configured credentials for...' when trying to connect to CVS.