Matthew Webber added a comment - 2018-07-03 13:26 A system property already supports this.

Tom Haddon added a comment - 2019-02-06 17:42 - edited Is there any documentation on how to create a new API token using groovy? I'm trying to following (having run jenkins.security.ApiTokenProperty.ADMIN_CAN_GENERATE_NEW_TOKENS = true per above and got 'Result: true\n' for that): user = hudson.model.User.get('admin') prop = user.getProperty(jenkins.security.ApiTokenProperty.class) println(prop.getApiToken()) But I get 'This user currently does not have a legacy token\n'. Obviously I don't want a legacy token, I'm just not sure how to get a new token. Hope it's okay to comment on a closed issue, thought it was better than opening a new one, but let me know if you'd prefer that.  

Wadeck Follonier added a comment - 2019-02-07 08:04 Hello mthaddon Commenting on a closed ticket exposes the risk to be completely ignored The best way to ask your question is on IRC I think. Anyway, here is a way to generate API Token for a user, using Groovy script console: import hudson.model.* import jenkins.model.* import jenkins.security.* import jenkins.security.apitoken.* // you can change the "admin" name // the false is to explicitely ask to not create a user who does not exist yet def user = User.get( "admin" , false ) def prop = user.getProperty(ApiTokenProperty.class) // the name is up to you def result = prop.tokenStore.generateNewToken( "token-created-by-script" ) user.save() return result.plainValue

Tim Black added a comment - 2021-08-05 03:46 FWIW, here's an alternative solution that uses a pre-determined token, which is useful for automated jenkins deployments when you really want to "bake in" a token a priori. Note this is from an ansible/jinja2 template, which explains the {{{{ var }}}} syntax.      # NOTE: Don't use > yaml multiline formatting as this will squash newlines into spaces. Use | instead. groovy: # Generate API Token for Jenkins Admin user. This is used by automated configuration/validation tasks # Solution from here: https: //issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-52339 # ..and here: https: //support.cloudbees.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003090592-How-to-re-generate-my-Jenkins-user-token#programmaticallycreatingatoken - script: | println( "Inline Groovy Script: Enter.." ); import hudson.model.*; import jenkins.model.*; import jenkins.security.*; import jenkins.security.apitoken.*; def userName = "{{ jenkins_admin_active_directory_username }}" ; def tokenName = "{{ jenkins_admin_active_directory_jenkins_api_token_name }}" ; def tokenUuid = "{{ jenkins_admin_active_directory_jenkins_api_token }}" ; def user = User.get( "$userName" , false ); def prop = user.getProperty(ApiTokenProperty.class); if (prop.tokenStore.findMatchingToken( "$tokenUuid" ) != null ) { println( "Inline Groovy Script: Token with name $tokenName already exists." ); } else { println( "Inline Groovy Script: Token with name $tokenName does NOT exist. Creating it..." ); def newTokenString = prop.tokenStore.addFixedNewToken(tokenName, tokenUuid); println( "Inline Groovy Script: Added New Fixed Token '$newTokenString' in Property Token Store" ); user.save(); println( "Inline Groovy Script: Created API token for $userName." ); } println( "Inline Groovy Script: Exiting.." )