[FIXED] How to run jenkins as a different user

Issue

I have been trying to follow tutorials and this one: Deploy as Jenkins User or Allow Jenkins To Run As Different User?

but I still can't for the love of the computing gods, run as a different user. Here are the steps of what I did:

1. download the macosx pkg for jenkins(LTS)
2. setup plugins etc and git
3. try to build it

I keep getting a can't clone error because jenkins keeps starting as anonymous:

Started by user anonymous

How do I set it up so that jenkins runs as me? I was using the jenkins web UI so it was in localhost:8080

I tried logging in also using /login but I can't even login using my name or as root.

The people tab doesn't even have a create user link, so yeah I've been stuck. Help please?

Solution

ISSUE 1:

Started by user anonymous

That does not mean that Jenkins started as an anonymous user.

It just means that the person who started the build was not logged in. If you enable Jenkins security, you can create usernames for people and when they log in, the

"Started by anonymous" 

will change to

"Started by < username >". 

Note: You do not have to enable security in order to run jenkins or to clone correctly.

If you want to enable security and create users, you should see the options at Manage Jenkins > Configure System.

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ISSUE 2:

The "can't clone" error is a different issue altogether. It has nothing to do with you logging in to jenkins or enabling security. It just means that Jenkins does not have the credentials to clone from your git SCM.

Check out the Jenkins Git Plugin to see how to set up Jenkins to work with your git repository.

Hope that helps.

Answered By - Sagar

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)