How to Reset Jenkins Admin User Password

Jenkins doesn’t provide straight forward way to rest Admin account password. Once you missed the admin account passwrod, you need to remote current admin account and create a new one.

This tutorial will help you to reset Jenkins admin users password by creating a new account.

Steps to Reset Jenkins Admin Password

Follow the below steps to recover admin account access of Jenkins portal.

1. Disable Current Security – First of all, login to your Jenkins server and edit Jenkins configuration file in your favorite text editor

   Edit /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml file:

   sudo vi /var/lib/jenkins/config.xml 
   

   Disable the security by changing userSecurity tag value to “false”.

   

   Save your file and close it. The vim users press ESC + :wq! to save file.

2. Apply Changes – Restart Jenkins service to apply the changes.

   sudo systemctl restart jenkins 
   

   After restarting make sure the jenkins service is running with sudo systemctl status jenkins command.

3. Access Jenkins as Anonymous User – Again access Jenkins in web browser, It will redirect you to dashboard without prompting for authentication. You will be logged in a anonymous user to the Jenkins.

   Next, Go to people tag

   

4. Delete Admin Account – Select the Admin user account to delete. Then click the delete buttion to detele selected account

   

   Click Yes to confirm the account delete.

   

5. Enable Security Again – Now once you deleted old admin user. To reset all security options, go to “ Jenkins -> Manage Jenkins “ option in left hand side option lists.

   Go to “Configure Global Security” option

   

   You will see all option as bellow, do all below mentioned changes on this page

   • Enable “Enable Security’ option.
   • In Security Realm option select “Jenkins own database”
   • Make sure to uncheck “Allow users to sign up” option under the “Jenkins own database” option.

   

   • Save Changes – Save all changes made above.
   • Create Admin Account – You will be redirected to “Create First Admin User”. Input all required details to create a new Admin account.

     

   • Login with New Admin User – Now, you can access your Jenkins dashboard using the newly created Admin account.

     

   • All Done