Jenkins Git Ubuntu Server

Question

I am trying to install a completely working Jenkins on my old PC with Ubuntu Server 12.04. I think my installation of Ubuntu Server and Jenkins was succesfull. I can access the Jenkins page by internet from any computer. So now I want Jenkins to access my private gitrepo on BitBucket.com. I have found this tutorial: Configuring Jenkins Git Tutorial and I am stuck with step 3.5. With says do this:

cd /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace
git config user.email "some@email.com"
git config user.name "jenkins"

But with the first command I get the error:

-su cd: /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace: No such file or directory

Do I have to make this folder? But when I do:

mkdir /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace
mkdir: cannot create directory '/srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace': No such file or directory

I don't know much about all these things, because I am fairly new to this. I have come this far just because of all the tutorial on the internet, but now I am stuck :(

Edit:
I have tried the commando:

mkdir -p /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace
mkdir: cannot create directory: '/srv/jenkins': Permission denied

So I guess this is not the solution, because user jenkins doesn't have sudo rights. I hope some has another suggestion.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '14 at 17:59

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To create a whole path/set of directories, like you did with /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace you need to pass the -p parameter to mkdir to create all of them at once.

mkdir -p /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace

answered May 05 '14 at 17:59

rfindeis

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Ok thanks, but do you know if that is the intention of the tutorial? I think I should already have that folder. I have tried your command, but It didn't work out see edit. – martijnn2008 May 05 '14 at 18:40
You need to have super user rights, either log in a s `root` or use `sudo`, otherwise you will not have write access to `/` to create `srv`. On Ubuntu one typically does not have the password for `root`, but at least the first user created at installation is set as sudoer, i.e. can elevate his rights to super user by prefixing a command with `sudo`. Just call `sudo mkdir -p /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace`. Also see `man sudo` for more information on `sudo`. – rfindeis May 05 '14 at 18:45
The tutorial said do `sudo su - jenkins`, so that's why I find it strange to logout or use `sudo` rights. The `srv` folder already exists but the `jenkins` folder isn't. – martijnn2008 May 05 '14 at 18:48
As pointed out below by @ayr-ton, you need to create `jenkins` directory first and `chown` it to the `jenkins` user. The `sudo su - jenkins` from the tutorial makes you the `jenkins` user, so that all further operations are done using this user id. Do this first and then create the remaining directories `jobs/project/workspace` as needed to follow the tutorial. – rfindeis May 05 '14 at 19:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '14 at 18:54

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With a user with sudo privileges, try:

sudo chown jenkins:jenkins /srv/jenkins
chmod 750 /srv/jenkins

Please, check first it the directory /srv/jenkins exists.

And then, try the mkdir -p /srv/jenkins/jobs/project/workspace.

answered May 05 '14 at 18:54

ayr-ton

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The `jenkins` folder doesn't exist and I think it should already exist. – martijnn2008 May 05 '14 at 18:58
@martijnn2008 Try to create this with `sudo mkdir /srv/jenkins` before the `chown` command. – ayr-ton May 05 '14 at 19:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '14 at 22:37

Ok I have it all working. The tutorial gave me a good start, but I never completed step 3.5. I did searching in all the options and there I was able to set all necessary options. And I went on with step 4 of the tutorial and filled all required fields.

Jenkins Git Ubuntu Server

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