Creating a Credential for Delinea

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

To create a credential for the Secret Server application account or Platform service 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 or Platform service username and password in the Jenkins global credentials store, which is accessible by all Jenkins users.

  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 Delinea Secret Server User or Platform Service Account 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 or Platform service 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 or Platform service 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.