Jenkins reverse proxy and password

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Install nginx: sudo apt-get install nginx

Create a new virtual host (server block): sudo cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/jenkins

Edit this file: sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/jenkins

to say:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name domain.com;
  
  location /jenkins/ {
    auth_basic "Restricted";
    auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.jenkins.pass;
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_set_header Authorization "";
  }
}

where domain.com is the host name (or IP address) of the server running the RethinkDB Admin UI.

Create username and password (make sure you have apache2-utils installed sudo apt-get install apache2-utils): cd /etc/nginx/ htpasswd -c .jenkins.pass <username> where <username> is the username you want. The command will ask you to enter the password for the username you chose.

start/restart nginx sudo service nginx start or sudo service nginx restart

Verify it works: Navigate to http://domain.com/jenkins where domain.com is the host name (or IP address) of the server running the Jenkins instance.