Unlocking Jenkins on Linux

After installing Jenkins, you must unlock it.

About this task

After completing the installation process, you have to unlock Jenkins before you can customize and start using it for the HCL VersionVault-Jenkins integration on Linux.

Procedure

After you have installed Jenkins on Linux, use the following procedure to unlock:
  1. With this installation, Jenkins is hosted at port 8080. Open a web browser and go to http://hostname:8080.
  2. On the Unlock Jenkins dialog box, in the Administrator password field, enter the password that you got from Step 2 in Installing Jenkins on Linux for the HCL VersionVault-Jenkins integration and then click Continue.

What to do next

You must customize Jenkins before you use it.