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gmancoda
gmancoda

Reputation: 85

Jenkins change credential in Credentials plugin

A Jenkins install on my server was done by someone who no longer works for the company. Upon loading the management site (on the default port, 8080), I see a "log in" link, and the page that's linked to does not allow me to create an account. When I go to Credentials > Global Credentials, I see the name of that person.

So, basically my question is.... how can I take on the administrative role for Jenkins?

This is on windows. I can make the service run under my account. I am an admin on the machine and I have access to modify the credentials.xml file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2824

Answers (1)

Bruno Lavit
Bruno Lavit

Reputation: 10382

Solution 1

If your Jenkins server is using an internal user database (or an external LDAP directory) and if you have a Jenkins/LDAP user account, edit the main Jenkins config.xml file and go this section:

<authorizationStrategy>

Add the following line:

<permission>hudson.model.Hudson.Administer:YOUR_USERNAME</permission>

Restart the Jenkins service, you should be admin.

Solution 2

If you don't have a local/LDAP Jenkins account, you can disable the security and re-implement a new security strategy.

Please backup your Jenkins configuration (zip all the xml files) and edit the main Jenkins config.xml file.

Replace:

<useSecurity>true</useSecurity>

With:

<useSecurity>false</useSecurity>

Restart the Jenkins service, you should be admin.

I hope it helps :)

Upvotes: 1

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