Cheat Sheet on Jenkins¶

Installation¶

Install Java:

apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk

Install Jenkins:

wget -q -O - https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable/jenkins.io.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ > \
    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jenkins

Remove Jenkins:

apt-get remove --purge jenkins

Change Jenkins user:

nano /etc/init.d/jenkins
chown -R dupre:dupre /var/lib/jenkins
chown -R dupre:dupre /var/cache/jenkins
chown -R dupre:dupre /var/log/jenkins

chown -R jenkins:jenkins /var/lib/jenkins
chown -R jenkins:jenkins /var/cache/jenkins
chown -R jenkins:jenkins /var/log/jenkins

/etc/init.d/jenkins restart

Plugins¶

Build timeout plugin
Console column plugin
Next executions
Collapsing Console Sections Plugin
Exclusive Execution

Start, Restart¶

/etc/init.d/jenkins start

Reset passwords¶

Edit file /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml.
Search for <useSecurity>true</useSecurity>, change true to false.
Restarts the service /etc/init.d/jenkins restart.
Change the security settings.
Restart again.