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Jenkins Authentication

Authentication

Jenkins secures its APIs with http across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/jenkins-openapi.yml
docs: https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/system-administration/authenticating-scripted-clients/
summary:
  types:
  - http
  http_schemes:
  - basic
  credential: username + API token
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: >-
    HTTP Basic auth using a Jenkins username and an API token (not the account
    password). API tokens are generated per-user under the user's Security
    configuration and can be revoked independently.
  sources:
  - openapi/jenkins-openapi.yml
csrf:
  required_for: state-changing POST requests (e.g. triggering builds)
  mechanism: Jenkins-Crumb CSRF token
  crumb_endpoint: /crumbIssuer/api/json
notes: >-
  SSH public-key auth is also supported for the Jenkins CLI. See
  cli/jenkins-cli.yml. Some deployments front Jenkins with a reverse-proxy or
  SSO, but the native scripted-client mechanism is Basic auth with an API token.

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