How to configure Jenkins to run on port 80

Question

I\'m running Ubuntu 11.10 and have run sudo apt-get install jenkins to install Jenkins on this system.

I\'ve seen some tutorials on how to setup a rever

Answer 1

I'd suggest using apache and mod_proxy. This is what I do, and my vhost config looks kinda like this (I also redirect for SSL but you can omit that):

ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName ci.example.com

ProxyRequests Off

    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all

ProxyPreservehost on
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/

Header edit Location ^http://ci.example.com/ https://ci.example.com/

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/keys/apache.pem