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 Windows.
Procedure
After you have installed Jenkins on Windows, use the following procedure to unlock
it:
-
In your web browser, navigate to the port number you selected during the installation; for
example::
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On the Unlock Jenkins dialog box that opens:
- From the information provided on the dialog box, use the Windows Explorer to navigate to
the location of the initialAdminPassword file and open the file in a
text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad.
Note: The location might be to a hidden directory. If
that is the case, you must enable viewing hidden files, folder, and drives in
Windows.
- Copy the password from the initialAdminPassword file and paste it in
the Administrator password field on the Unlock
Jenkins dialog box and then click Continue.
What to do next
You must customize Jenkins before you use it.