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Chris
Chris

Reputation: 1203

Trouble creating admin account in Jenkins for Windows

Hello I just enabled Legacy mode authorization in Jenkins and it seems that it has now locked me out of all the administrative privileges.

I need to create an admin account so that I can continue with Jenkins configuration. I have direct access to the server and have tried running this line from command line: java -jar jenkins.war --argumentsRealm.passwd.jenkins=swordfish --argumentsRealm.roles.jenkins=admin Jenkins starts but I am unable to access it from the web when starting from command line.

I've also tried starting Jenkins through services.msc, which is how I typically start it, and passing it the parameters --argumentsRealm.passwd.jenkins=swordfish --argumentsRealm.roles.jenkins=admin. Jenkins starts and I am able to access it through the web, but unable to log in with the username.

Any ideas how get admin access back?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4560

Answers (2)

Eric Manley
Eric Manley

Reputation: 1099

Recently, I had the same problem. I would try to login to jenkins (hosted on glassfish), and would encounter the same thing. Basically getting a glassfish error that the application was not available. If I cleared all temporary internet files from browser, browse to jenkins home page, I would be presented with the Jenkins login, and when I provided the correct userID and password, WHAMMO! Back to application not available.... This too was using matrix-based administration.

To fix:

  1. Locate the config.xml of the userID that is experiencing problems, under "users" directory.
  2. Deleted the "apiToken" tag under "jenkins.security.ApiTokenProperty" tag.
  3. Bounced glassfish and was able to login again.

Upvotes: 0

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 1203

I deleted the entries related to security and authentication in the config.xml, restarted, and I am able to access again. I was able to add myself as an admin using matrix based security. Still not sure how to do it with legacy tho.

Upvotes: 3

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