Jenkins Security Concepts
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Internal
Credentials Plugin
Credential Type
Username with Password
Docker Certificates Directory
Docker Host Certificate Authentication
SSH Username with Private Key
Secret File
Secret Text
Certificate
Credential Domain
Credential Provider
A credential provider connects Jenkins to an external credential vault.
BlueOcean Folder Credentials
Folder Credentials Provider
Jenkins Credentials Provider
Managed by the Credentials Plugin. Provides credentials from the root of Jenkins. Credentials will be available to:
- Authentication: SYSTEM
- Users with permission: Job/Configure
Credentials will be available in:
- Global scoped credentials be available to all items within Jenkins.
- System scoped credentials restricted to system level operations such as connecting build agents.
User Credentials Provider
Managed by the Credentials Plugin. Provides each user with a personal credential store. Credentials will be available to:
- Immediate operations performed by the user who defined the credentials.
- Jobs with credentials parameters when directly triggered by a user with the permission: Job/Build.
- Jobs running as the user and the user has the permission: Job/Build.