README.md

Jenkins SSH slave Docker image

jenkinsci/ssh-slave

A Jenkins slave using SSH to establish connection.

See Jenkins Distributed builds for more info.

Running

To run a Docker container

docker run jenkinsci/ssh-slave "<public key>"

You'll then be able to connect this slave using ssh-slaves-plugin as "jenkins" with the matching private key.

How to use this image with Docker Plugin

To use this image with Docker Plugin, you need to pass the public SSH key using environment variable JENKINS_SLAVE_SSH_PUBKEY and not as a startup argument.

In Environment field of the Docker Template (advanced section), just add:

JENKINS_SLAVE_SSH_PUBKEY=<YOUR PUBLIC SSH KEY HERE>

Don't put quotes around the public key. You should be all set.