How to Run Jenkins With Docker

To run Jenkins in a Docker container, you will need to have Docker installed on your machine. Then follow these steps:

Pull the Jenkins image from Docker Hub:

docker pull jenkins/jenkins:latest

Create a volume for Jenkins to store its data:

docker volume create jenkins-data

Create a directory to store the Jenkins configuration:

mkdir jenkins_home
cd jenkins_home

Run the Jenkins container, mapping the host machine’s port 8080 to the container’s port 8080, and setting the name of the container to “jenkins”:

docker run --name jenkins -p 8080:8080 -v $(pwd):/var/jenkins_home jenkins/jenkins:latest

Wait for the container to Once the Jenkins container is running, you can access the Jenkins web interface by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Read, then copy the password.

cat secrets/initialAdminPassword

To stop the Jenkins container, use the following command:

docker stop jenkins

To start the Jenkins container again, use the following command:

docker start jenkins

To remove the Jenkins container and all its data, use the following command:

docker rm -v jenkins

Note that this will delete all data stored in the jenkins-data volume, so make sure you have a backup if you need to preserve this data.