Jenkins Remote Trigger Not Working

Question

I am getting the following error when i try triggering a build using the following command:

curl http://jenkins_server:port/jenkins/job/job_name/build?token=token_name

Answer 1

I had the same problem after setting up a test Jenkins server. The solution was to authenticate using my Jenkins admin password:

curl -u admin:<mypassword> http://localhost:8080/job/Test/build?token=<mytoken>

Use the same username and password you use to login to Jenkins. There was no need to install additional plugins.

Answer 2

I suggest you try Jenkins Python API. It provides an build_job action that is super easy to trigger a job.

build_job(name, parameters=None, token=None)
   Trigger build job.

   Parameters:  
   name – name of job
   parameters – parameters for job, or None, dict
   token – Jenkins API token

Answer 3

On 1.625.3, giving Anonymous read access to almost everything worked for me.

UPDATE: I guess I should clarify since this got downvoted. I was able to reproduce that error message, and when I turned on read access for the Anonymous user on all of the access types, it resolved the problem. Just saying...