Creating a Credential for the Secret Server Application Account in Jenkins

You must create a credential in Jenkins to securely store the username and password of the application account that you created in Secret Server . The Delinea Secret Server Plugin uses the Secret Server application account credential to connect to your Secret Server instance.

To create a credential for the Secret Server application account user name and password:

  1. Log in to Jenkins.

  2. From the Jenkins Dashboard, navigate to Manage Jenkins > Credentials > System > Global credentials.

    Creating a credential in this path will store the Secret Server application account username and password in the Jenkins global credentials store, which is accessible by all Jenkins users. You can secure the application account credentials by storing them in a specific folder in Jenkins and giving only certain users access to that folder. For more information, see Configuring Folder-Specific Credentials.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the Global credentials page, select Add Credentials.

  4. In the New credentials dialog, provide the following details:

    • Kind: Select SecretServer User Credentials.

    • Scope: Select Global or System.

      For a description of these Scope options, see the Jenkins documentation.

    • Username: Enter the username of the Secret Server application account.

    • Treat username as secret: Select this checkbox to mask the username in build logs to prevent exposure of a confidential username. Clear the checkbox if you don't want to mask the username.

    • Password: Enter the password of the Secret Server application account.

    • (Optional) ID: Enter a unique ID for the credential. If you leave this box blank, Jenkins will assign a globally unique ID (GUID) value to the credential as its credential ID.

    • (Optional) Description: Enter a description for the credential.

  5. Select Create.