We run jenkins on tomcat on port 8080 but then use iptables to route port 80 to 8080. Works great. Here is one sample:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/444729/redirect-port-80-to-8080-and-make-it-work-on-local-machine On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Mark Waite <[email protected]> wrote: > I would think that running Jenkins as the root user would be a very > risky. If one of the users inadvertently defines a Jenkins job that runs > the shell command "rm -rf /", your system will self-destruct. > > It is best to find another way, rather than running the Jenkins process as > the root user. > > Mark Waite > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 4:04 PM Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey, I was starting the service with a sudo user. So it should be fine in >> terms of privilege. >> >> >> On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 3:05:29 PM UTC-4, Thomas Fuerer wrote: >> >>> on many systems you need administrative privileges to use a port between >>> 0 to 1024. normally a apache httpd (or nynx) demon runs at this port and >>> routes to the internal 8080 port. >>> >>> tom >>> >>> Am 31.07.2015 um 20:37 schrieb Martin: >>> > Hello, I wanted to use "80" for Jenkins server. and I executed the >>> > following: >>> > >>> > $ java -jar --httpPort=80jenkins.war >>> > >>> > >>> > But It doesn't work. The website is not on. My port 80 is available. >>> > Then I have to change it back to 8080. >>> > >>> > >>> > What might cause this? Thank you. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> >> > an email to [email protected] >>> >> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a3b89f81-11e0-4757-a3d7-b5a5cbd32b13%40googlegroups.com >>> > < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a3b89f81-11e0-4757-a3d7-b5a5cbd32b13%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >>> >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/fe82020c-f033-4e6f-a64d-3ef82b13f035%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/fe82020c-f033-4e6f-a64d-3ef82b13f035%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtEoHWY9dKp%2Bi6TsCzqz6geQn7OikhRo1%2BMkb8u%3DbfFByg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtEoHWY9dKp%2Bi6TsCzqz6geQn7OikhRo1%2BMkb8u%3DbfFByg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeff Vincent See my LinkedIn profile at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAPJK9%3DLsBTFx6FJnYVXMRiYyYRb3WYqxkFgA0yE2YW5O%3D_AOmg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
