How can I find initial password for jenkins?
I tried looking into the container's filesystem, but there's no secrets folder in it. But I found the solution in the jenkins documentation here
Docker outputs the initial secret to the console
To view the console use the command
docker logs <container id of jenkins>output is somemthing like this:
If you are using Mac and Docker installation for Jenkins follow bellow steps to get initial administer password to start authentication in Jenkins Console. Type below command in Terminal.
(Note: This is working, if you have follow default steps in Jenkins documentation to install Jenkins in Docker environment)
Find the running containers
: docker psCopy the running containerID
: docker exec -it <containerID> bash: cd /var/jenkins_home/secrets: cat initialAdminPasswordUse secret password showing in terminal and used as initial password for Jenkins Console.