Jenkins: How to configure Jenkins behind Nginx reverse proxy for JNLP slaves to connect

Question

I am trying to set up a Jenkins master and a Jenkins slave node where the Jenkins Master is behind Nginx reverse proxy on a different server with SSL termination. The nginx

Answer 1

It's been almost 4 years since OP has asked this question, nevertheless, if you reached this page and looking for a proper solution, well, it's now possible.

I use Traefik as reverse proxy to Jenkins. TCP port inbound completely disabled now.

The only thing you need to make sure is your agent/slave is trusting Jenkins server certificate (as webSocket cannot be used with -disableHttpsCertValidation or -noCertificateCheck

If this is a Windows agent, use:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_251\bin\keytool.exe -import -storepass "changeit" -keystore "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_251\lib\security\cacerts" -alias  -file ""

(Change path accordingly to your java version)