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Login to your Linux Server.

Create this directories.

mkdir ~/jenkins
mkdir ~/certs
mkdir ~/nginx/conf.d

Inside your nginx/conf.d/ directory create the jenkins.conf file:

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/nginx/conf.d$ touch jenkins.conf

Copy this code to the jenkins.conf file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name <server.domain.com>;

    location / {

        proxy_pass <http://jenkins:8080>;
    }
}

Create Working Directory

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~$ mkdir jenkins-env

Inside your working directory create the docker-compose.yml file:

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/jenkins-env$ touch jenkins-config.yml

Copy this code to the docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.3'
services:
  jenkins:
    image: "jenkins/jenkins:lts"
    user: root
    expose:
      - 8080
    ports:
      - 50000:50000
    container_name: it-jenkins
    volumes:
      - ~/jenkins:/var/jenkins_home
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - /usr/local/bin/docker:/usr/local/bin/docker
    networks:
      - jenkins_nw
    restart: unless-stopped
  nginx:
    image: "nginx:latest"
    links:
      - "jenkins"
      - "jenkins:jenkinssvc"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    container_name: it-nginx
    volumes:
      - ~/certs:/etc/ssl
      - ~/nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
    networks:
      - jenkins_nw
    depends_on:
      - jenkins
    restart: unless-stopped

networks:
  jenkins_nw:
    driver: bridge

Bring the Environment up by executing the following command on a terminal:

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/jenkins-env$ docker-compose up -d
Creating network "jenkins-env_jenkins_nw" with driver "bridge"
Creating it-jenkins ... done
Creating it-nginx   ... done

Open and Unlock Jenkins

Open your browser and type your server IP or DNS. (For example http://it-jenkins.argus-sec.com)

To ensure Jenkins is securely set up by the administrator, a password has been written to the log and this file on the server: /var/jenkins_home/secrets/initialAdminPassword

To retrieve the admin password , Log in to the Jenkins container:

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/jenkins-env$ docker exec -it it-jenkins /bin/bash

In the Jenkins container open the file initialAdminPassword:

cat /var/jenkins_home/secrets/initialAdminPassword

Copy the password to your clipboard, Exit the container and paste it in to your jenkins setup page.

Complete the Jenkins setup.

Configure your Jenkins to use SSL Certificate

Using your certificates:

• Copy your certificates (cert.key, cert.pem) to your ~/certs folder.

Change your nginx config file:

• Go to your ~/nginx/conf.d folder and change the jenkins.conf file to support ssl by coping this code below.

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name it-jenkins.argus-sec.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/jenkins.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/jenkins.key;

    ssl_session_cache  builtin:1000  shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_protocols  TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!CAMELLIA:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    location / {

        proxy_pass http://jenkins:8080;
    }
}

Make sure the syntax is OK:

ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/nginx/conf.d$ docker exec it-nginx nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

Restart Nginx server:

 ubuntu@IT-Jenkins:~/nginx/conf.d$ docker exec it-nginx nginx -s reload

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Author: Meni T.

IT Infrastructure Manager View all posts by Meni T.