What Is The Default Jenkins Password?

Jenkins is a widely used open-source automation server that is essential to pipelines for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). Users frequently find that they must initially log in while installing Jenkins for the first time. This post explores the default Jenkins password and walks readers through the steps to get it and properly secure their Jenkins installation. Gaining an understanding of this password is essential to utilizing Jenkins’s capabilities for effective software development processes.

Jenkins is an open-source tool used for automating continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) like

• Testing
• Deployment

By using the Jenkins pipelines, you can trigger the configuration file of Terraform, which is used for the maintenance or provisioning of the infrastructure. Jenkins can enhance the development, and you can also deploy the updates to the application onto the production server ASAP, which you can deliver to the end users.

Read: What is Jenkins?

When you have installed Jenkins on the servers automatically, it is well protected with a password To get that password, the default path will be as follows:

/var/jenkins_home/secrets/initialAdminPassword

When you are accessing Jenkins for the first time in the beginning, it will show as follows:

After coping the path and paste it in the jenkins server you will get the password copy that password and paste it in here in the adminstrator password then it will take you to the next step.

Know copy that password and paste it in that admistator box and click on continue.

Download the plugins required and after completion of the plugins installation click on continue.

After that an admin user page will open where you can set the your coustmize the user name and password according to the orgnization requirments.

click on save and continue after that you can aceses the the jenkins UI.

Follow the steps mentione below to remove the jenkins password.

Step 1: Go to the following path where you can find the folder called config.xml

cd  /var/jenkins_home

Step 2: Type ls in the below you can find the multiple file in that file you need to edit the following file

“config.xml”

<?xml version='1.1' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<hudson>
  <disabledAdministrativeMonitors/>
  <version>2.447</version>
  <numExecutors>2</numExecutors>
  <mode>NORMAL</mode>
  <useSecurity>true</useSecurity> (Chnage This To false)
  <authorizationStrategy class="hudson.security.FullControlOnceLoggedInAuthorizationStrategy">
    <denyAnonymousReadAccess>true</denyAnonymousReadAccess>
  </authorizationStrategy>
  <securityRealm class="hudson.security.HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm">
    <disableSignup>true</disableSignup>
    <enableCaptcha>false</enableCaptcha>
  </securityRealm>
  <disableRememberMe>false</disableRememberMe>
  <projectNamingStrategy class="jenkins.model.ProjectNamingStrategy$DefaultProjectNamingStrategy"/>
  <workspaceDir>${JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULL_NAME}</workspaceDir>
  <buildsDir>${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/builds</buildsDir>
  <jdks/>
  <viewsTabBar class="hudson.views.DefaultViewsTabBar"/>
  <myViewsTabBar class="hudson.views.DefaultMyViewsTabBar"/>
  <clouds/>
  <scmCheckoutRetryCount>0</scmCheckoutRetryCount>
  <views>
    <hudson.model.AllView>
      <owner class="hudson" reference="../../.."/>
      <name>all</name>
      <filterExecutors>false</filterExecutors>
      <filterQueue>false</filterQueue>
      <properties class="hudson.model.View$PropertyList"/>
    </hudson.model.AllView>
  </views>
  <primaryView>all</primaryView>
  <slaveAgentPort>50000</slaveAgentPort>
  <label></label>
  <crumbIssuer class="hudson.security.csrf.DefaultCrumbIssuer">
    <excludeClientIPFromCrumb>false</excludeClientIPFromCrumb>
  </crumbIssuer>
  <nodeProperties/>
  <globalNodeProperties/>
  <nodeRenameMigrationNeeded>false</nodeRenameMigrationNeeded>

The above content will be there in the config.xml file in that you need to change the following lines as follows.

Before

<useSecurity>true</useSecurity>

After

<useSecurity>false</useSecurity>

by making it it will remove the password for the jenkins. By which you can aceses the jenkins with out any password.

1. Never use default credentials

Never use the default password for the jenkins which is generated by the system change the password immediatley after installation.

2. Use the Strong Password

Always use the unique password which is very complex and difficult to guess by which your node will be more secure.

3. Use Security Plugins

You can use the multiple plugins which are provided by the jenkins to secure your applications like

• security realm
• matrix-based

4. Stay Updated

Regularly update Jenkins and its plugins to address security vulnerabilities.

In this article we have seen what is the jenkins default path for password and how to aceses that password with the cli and how remove the password or reset the password when you forget the password.

How do I find my Jenkins admin password?

To find your Jenkins admin password, access the Jenkins server filesystem, navigate to the location specified during installation, and retrieve the password from the ‘secrets/initialAdminPassword’ file. Alternatively, check the installation logs for the password information.

How to set username and password in Jenkins?

To set a username and password in Jenkins, navigate to “Manage Jenkins,” select “Manage Users,” and click “Create User” to define the desired credentials. Alternatively, integrate Jenkins with external authentication systems or use plugins for more advanced authentication methods.