Commit 811c6a2a authored by Tim Poffenbarger's avatar Tim Poffenbarger Committed by Kati Paizee

Provide users potential reasons for errors with Jenkins Integration

parent 43a6b985
...@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ to integrate GitLab and Jenkins. ...@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ to integrate GitLab and Jenkins.
## Troubleshooting ## Troubleshooting
### Error during GitLab configuration - "Connection failed. Please check your settings"
If you get this error message while configuring GitLab, the following are possible causes:
- GitLab is unable to reach your Jenkins instance at the address. If your GitLab instance is self-managed, try pinging the
Jenkins instance at the domain provided on the GitLab instance.
- The Jenkins instance is at a local address and is not included in the
[GitLab installation's allowlist](../security/webhooks.md#allowlist-for-local-requests).
- The credentials for the Jenkins instance do not have sufficient access or are invalid.
- The **Enable authentication for ‘/project’ end-point checkbox** is not selected in your [Jenkin's plugin configuration](#configure-the-jenkins-server).
### Error in merge requests - "Could not connect to the CI server" ### Error in merge requests - "Could not connect to the CI server"
This integration relies on Jenkins reporting the build status back to GitLab via This integration relies on Jenkins reporting the build status back to GitLab via
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