How to create a user in jenkins?

Question

I just installed Jenkins in my machine running Ubuntu.

But when I access http://localhost:8080/ jenkins asks me for my username and password... but I have no idea what they are!

How can I log in Jenkins? (Sorry for the noob question, first time using Jenkins)

Any help is welcome!

Edit: So far I got this:

I can remove security by changing the config.xml setting

<useSecurity>true</useSecurity>

to

<useSecurity>false</useSecurity>

And now I can access my Jenkins... But I still dont know how to create a user =/

Possible duplicate of [How can I add a username and password to Jenkins?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10825614/how-can-i-add-a-username-and-password-to-jenkins) — kenorb, Oct 09 '17 at 22:36

score 25 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '16 at 14:16

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in jenkins go to Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security and select the "Enable Security" check box. select "Jenkins Own User Database" for the security realm and then select "Logged in Users can do anything" or a matrix based strategy (If you have multiple users with different permissions) for the Authorization.

answered Nov 30 '16 at 14:16

Inforedaster

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Thanks inforedaster. I will try this and I will let you know did it go – Leandro Borges Ferreira Dec 01 '16 at 11:32
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Did you ever find out how to create a user? – Phil Sep 11 '17 at 12:47

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '19 at 07:12

Once you log in Jenkins as admin, Manage Jenkins > Configure Global Security and select the "Enable Security" check box. select "Jenkins Own User Database" for the security realm under access control and then select "Logged in Users can do anything" under Authorization and Save it.

click on Manage jenkins>>Manage User >> Create User Complete the details.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 07 '17 at 12:36

Jenkins asks me for my username and password... but I have no idea what they are!

It depends how you configured Jenkins Access Control/Security Realm in your Configure Global Security page which determines the user authentication method, whether to use Jenkins own independent user database or external database (such as LDAP, Active Directory, Unix NIS, etc.).

If its using its own database, you can try to decrypt Jenkins passwords from credentials.xml. Otherwise disable useSecurity in your config.xml file, restart Jenkins and follow the steps. You should be asked to provide the initial password from the initialAdminPassword file (if you don't, make sure you've changed the right file and restarted Jenkins correctly).

To create user, you need to go to select your authentication method in Configure Global Security and create user either externally or if you've selected Jenkins’ own user database and tick Allow users to sign up, then hit Save button which would allow you to create user from the Jenkins interface.

which jenkins version ? of it since Jenkins 2.0 you can create user and password during the installation of you jenkins — Inforedaster, May 29 '18 at 13:49
It's 2.x, but user creation in Jenkins depends how on your _Security_ settings. You can create during the installation, but if you're working with the existing instance, it depends which database you use. — kenorb, May 29 '18 at 18:45

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 06:50

Login to your Jenkins server via web URL. (http://jenkins_ip or jenkins_url:8080) Jenkins >> Manage Jenkins >> Manage Users >> Create User >> Provide the username, password, email & click on Create User.

To edit or reset or modify the password of the Jenkins' own user database users, Jenkins >> Manage Jenkins >> Manage Users >> Click the user-id from the existing user list >> Configure >> Save

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 23:01

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You should find a file in secrets folder called initialAdminPassword with the info

answered Nov 29 '16 at 23:01

kimy82

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Thanks for the fast response kimy. So far I found easier to go to config.xml and remove the security... But I still didnt find a good way to add more users – Leandro Borges Ferreira Nov 30 '16 at 11:30

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 30 '20 at 06:59

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Steps to create a new user

Login into Jenkins
Go to Manage Jenkins
Go to Create Users
Enter all the details – Username, Password, Confirm Pwd, FullName, Email
Select Create User

answered Jan 30 '20 at 06:59

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yantaq · Answer 7 · 2021-04-19T22:37:44.153

This LINK has detailed steps on how to create Jenkins user. Here is the summary:

After setting

<useSecurity>false</useSecurity>

Restart Jenkins:

sudo systemctl restart jenkins

Click on People on the left-hand navigation menu.
Click on the Admin. (Skip and move on to step 4 if you don't have any user).
Delete the user account.
Navigate to Jenkins / Manage Jenkins.
Click on Configure Global Security
Check the Enable Security check box. (If you don't have this item, skip and move on to next and you will able to create/add user)
Under Security Realm, select Jenkins’ own user database
In the Authorization section, select Logged-in users can do anything.
Unselect Allow anonymous read access.
Click Save to save your changes.

You should enable user registration and allow logged in users to do anything. This way you can register a new user and have access to all actions immedately. Disable user registration afterwards. — Marcell, Jul 25 '22 at 12:17

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 17 '19 at 08:39

By default Jenkins uses it's own database for user management.

Go to People on Jenkins dashboard to see Users that you have, if you are not able to find an option to add user there, don't be disheartened, read on.

Go to Manage Jenkins and scroll down to bottom, second last option should be Manage Users.

By default every logged-in user can do anything, to change this, go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure Global Security -> Access Control -> Authorization -> Matrix-based security

AT THIS POINT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. DON'T SAVE OR APPLY.

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