Run Jenkins in a Docker container — part 3 — run as root user

Guide for developers to get up and running with Jenkins running in Docker (on Windows).

This small series of guides will walk through three solutions for installing Jenkins in a Docker container on Windows, along with the configuration necessary to spin up dynamic build slaves also using Docker containers.

Running locally on a personal device is perfect for individual users, freelancers, or developers looking to do local Jenkinsfile or Shared Library development and testing before pushing to a central CI/CD platform.

“You said three solutions?” Yes — this article demonstrates running the Jenkins container as root user instead of jenkins user. Part 1 was using Docker-in-Docker and Part 2 was to replace with a socat container. Read both of those articles below or scroll to continue with the final article in the series.

Run Jenkins in a Docker container — part 1 — Docker-in-Docker