What is the default Jenkins password

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I m using a EC2 server instance  Used the following to install Jenkins   wget -q -O - http   pkg jenkins-ci org debian jenkins-ci org key   sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c  echo deb http   pkg jenkins-ci org debian binary   gt   etc apt sources list d jenkins list  sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install jenkins   but I need to install software on the Jenkins server so in my EC2 instance I did   sudo    s    H    u jenkins   to get into the jenkins server  Then I tried to do  sudo cabal install quickcheck   but it prompted me for jenkins password  I ve been searching around the internet for 4hrs now and nothing is helping me get administrative privilege in the jenkins server   So I m building my project using the following command in shell   sudo cabal clean sudo cabal configure sudo cabal build sudo cabal install   This is the error I m getting    Started by timer Building in workspace  var lib jenkins jobs Finance workspace Checkout workspace    var lib jenkins jobs Finance workspace - hudson remoting LocalChannel eea6dc Using strategy  Default Last Built Revision  Revision b638e2182dece0ef1a40232b1d75fa3ae5c01a5d  origin master  Fetching changes from 1 remote Git repository Fetching upstream changes from origin Commencing build of Revision b638e2182dece0ef1a40232b1d75fa3ae5c01a5d  origin master  Checking out Revision b638e2182dece0ef1a40232b1d75fa3ae5c01a5d  origin master   workspace     bin sh -xe  tmp hudson3500373817395137440 sh   sudo cabal clean sudo  no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry  try again  sudo  no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry  try again  sudo  no tty present and no askpass program specified Sorry  try again  sudo  3 incorrect password attempts Build step  Execute shell  marked build as failure Sending e-mails to      gmail com ERROR  Could not connect to SMTP host  localhost  port  25 javax mail MessagingException  Could not connect to SMTP host  localhost  port  25    nested exception is      java net ConnectException  Connection refused     at com sun mail smtp SMTPTransport openServer SMTPTransport java 1934      at com sun mail smtp SMTPTransport protocolConnect SMTPTransport java 638      at javax mail Service connect Service java 295      at javax mail Service connect Service java 176      at javax mail Service connect Service java 125      at javax mail Transport send0 Transport java 194      at javax mail Transport send Transport java 124      at hudson tasks MailSender execute MailSender java 116      at hudson tasks Mailer perform Mailer java 117      at hudson tasks BuildStepMonitor 1 perform BuildStepMonitor java 19      at hudson model AbstractBuild AbstractBuildExecution perform AbstractBuild java 814      at hudson model AbstractBuild AbstractBuildExecution performAllBuildSteps AbstractBuild java 786      at hudson model Build BuildExecution post2 Build java 183      at hudson model AbstractBuild AbstractBuildExecution post AbstractBuild java 733      at hudson model Run execute Run java 1592      at hudson model FreeStyleBuild run FreeStyleBuild java 46      at hudson model ResourceController execute ResourceController java 88      at hudson model Executor run Executor java 237  Caused by  java net ConnectException  Connection refused     at java net PlainSocketImpl socketConnect Native Method      at java net AbstractPlainSocketImpl doConnect AbstractPlainSocketImpl java 339      at java net AbstractPlainSocketImpl connectToAddress AbstractPlainSocketImpl java 200      at java net AbstractPlainSocketImpl connect AbstractPlainSocketImpl java 182      at java net SocksSocketImpl connect SocksSocketImpl java 391      at java net Socket connect Socket java 579      at com sun mail util SocketFetcher createSocket SocketFetcher java 286      at com sun mail util SocketFetcher getSocket SocketFetcher java 231      at com sun mail smtp SMTPTransport openServer SMTPTransport java 1900          17 more Finished  FAILURE

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Before installing jenkins  create a user named jenkins and set password there   Then after installing jenkins you can use the password you created

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I was running Jenkins executing java -jar jenkins war    In my case Jenkins wrote webroot in an stdout  webroot   user home  jenkins  So admin secret key was placed in a    jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword

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Well  Even I tried to log in with the admin password which was failed  So I created my own user like this   Go to Jenkins home folder  C  User jenkins  or you can find this in Jenkins server startup logs  Go to Config file config xml set disableSignup to false  false if at all you want to disable login security 4 set ser security to false   true

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For me the best method of retrieving admin pass is by executing cat command inside the running container  docker exec YOUR JENKINS CONTAINER cat  var jenkins home secrets initialAdminPassword

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By default  Jenkins account is created without password and with the login shell as  bin false   jenkins x 496 493 Jenkins Continuous Integration Server  var lib jenkins  bin false   Change the shell to  bin bash and you should be able to login without password by sudo su - jenkins   Command to change the shell is   chsh -s  bin bash jenkin

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I am a Mac OS user  amp  following credential pair worked for me  Username  admin  Password  admin

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With the default Jenkins installation using Homebrew on macOS this will output the initial password for the admin user   sudo cat  Users Shared Jenkins Home secrets initialAdminPassword

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The password is present in the log generated by docker run image as shown in the example below   Jenkins Docker run log  Additionally you can check the directory  var jenkins home secrets  Its in the file name initialAdminPassword  You can use cat  var jenkins home secrets initialAdminPassword to read it

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jenkins default administrator password is logged in log  file  in ubuntu   log file is situated  in  var log jenkins jenkins log folder  password will  be placed after this  Jenkins initial setup is required  An admin user has been created and a password generated  Please use the following password to proceed to installation

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If you don t create a new user when you installed jenkins  then   user  admin  pass  go to C  Program Files  x86  Jenkins secrets and open the file initialAdminPassword

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On Windows it can be found in the file  quot C  Windows System32 config systemprofile AppData Local Jenkins  jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword quot   I know OP specified EC2 server  but this is now the first result on google when searching Jenkins Password

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If you installed using apt-get in ubuntu 14 04  you will found the default password in  var lib jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword location

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Here is how you can fix it    Stop Jenkins Go go edit  var lib jenkins config xml Change  lt useSecurity gt true lt  useSecurity gt  to false  Restart Jenkins  sudo service jenkins restart Navigate to the Jenkins dashboard to the  Configure Security  option you likely used before  This time  setup security the same as before  BUT set it to allow anyone to do anything  and allow user signup  Go to www yoursite com securityRealm addUser and create a user Then go change allow anyone to do anything to whatever you actually want users to be able to do  In my case  it is allow logged in users to do anything

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You can always disable security  then go in and re-enable it with the settings you want

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After Jenkins is installed just run sudo cat  var lib jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword   In the Jenkins login page    User  admin Password  the output from the above command

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I don t believe that the Jenkins user that is installed via apt has a password  If it does  I have never seen documentation  Based on the commands you entered  I am guessing you are using a Debian distro   Is there any particular reason you must use the jenkins user to do the install instead of the user which was set up when you created your instance

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When you install jenkins on your local machine  the default username is admin and password it gets automatically filled

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Similar to the Ubuntu answer above  the Windows admin default password is stored in  jenkins install dir  secrets initialAdminPassword file   default install location would it in C  Program Files  x86  Jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword

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On ubuntu 19 04  the default password are stored in the home directory   cat    jenkins secrets initialAdminPassword

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When installing Jenkins from AWS Marketplace         A default user  admin with the instance-id as password is created to secure the Jenkins instance    On the AWS Console for EC2  with the instance selected  choose the  Usage Instructions  tab    AWS Marketplace Usage Instructions Latest Versions  2 19 4 2 A default user  admin with the instance-id as password is created to secure the Jenkins instance  Once the instance is started  copy the public DNS hostname of the server in the AWS Management Console and enter it in your web browser  The welcome screen allows you to request a trial license  start and evaluation  enter a license key  or connect to your instance to Operations Center  Once the license step is done  your instance is fully functional  We recommend enabling security and backups  You can connect with SSH to the server using the  ubuntu linux user  The JENKINS HOME is located under   var lib jenkins   Jenkins listens on the following ports    HTTP 80  through HAProxy  can be configured to use HTTPS 443 instead   Jenkins SSH 2222  primarily for the CloudBees Git Validated Merge Plugin   Jenkins JNLP 10000  communication from Jenkins agents or Jenkins CLI configured to use JNLP protocol  Not exposed by default on security groups

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