[JIRA] (JENKINS-10866) NullPointerException for SVN authentication using username+password and client certificate

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:56:50 -0800

Managed to do this again in Jenkins 1.490 with svn plugin 1.43. This time the error in the UI was "handshake error".

The jenkins subversion plugin now runs a version of svnkit 1.7.4, again patched. Clearly client cert AND credentials is not part of the testing.

The workaround again because I think my earlier posts are a bit unclear:

  • Remove (backup) jenkins' existing .subversion dir. For me it is /var/lib/jenkins/.subversion
  • Try authentication in the UI, jenkins will cache your server cert in a fresh .subversion
  • Upload client cert in the UI, with password – error
  • In jenkins .subversion/servers file configure ssl-client-cert-file and ssl-client-cert-password as for any other svn client
  • As a user with write access to jenkins .subversion (I used root), run a standalone svnkit. I used version 1.7.6.
  • Commmand: ./jsvn info https://my.server/svn/proj/ --config-dir=/var/lib/jenkins/.subversion --username=your-svn-user

This command immediately produced a prompt that let me confirm that I want to store the client cert pass phrase in plaintext. I didn't even have to type the pass phrase, so it must have gotten it either from the upload or from the config file. After that I was prompted for svn password and confirmation to store in plaintext. After that my jenkins build run.
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