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Create a Jenkins API token

Astrolabe reads Jenkins with a Jenkins user name and its API token. You create the token once, in Jenkins.

Pick the Jenkins user​

The token has the rights of its user. Astrolabe only sees the jobs this user can see.

Use a dedicated user

Create a Jenkins user for Astrolabe, for example astrolabe, that can read the jobs of your teams. Your own account works too, but Astrolabe stops working the day you leave.

🔑 Create the token​

  1. Log in to Jenkins with this user.

  2. Top right, click the user name.

  3. In the left menu, click Security.

  4. Under API Token, click Add new token.

  5. In Name, write Astrolabe, then click Generate.

  6. Copy the token now. Jenkins says: Copy this token now, because it cannot be recovered in the future. Then click Done.

✅ That's it!

Next: Add the Jenkins integration.