How to run a script as root in Jenkins

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Hi Guys,

I have configured Jenkins on the Linux system. I want to run a script as root in Jenkins. How can I do that?

Oct 26, 2020 in Jenkins by akhtar
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Hi@akhtar,

You need to run the script with Sudo. This will run the script with root privileges.

$ sudo /path/to/script

But before you must allow Jenkins to run the script in /etc/sudoers.

jenkins    ALL = NOPASSWD: /path/to/script
answered Oct 26, 2020 by MD
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