If you run Jenkins build server and desire to link it to a repository to perform automatic builds you will discover you need a legitimate SSL certificate so that there are no communication issues between the services. Any of your services to the internet they should be secured via SSL at a minimum anyway and you will want to disable HTTP access. In your quest to secure the Jenkins endpoint you may find the documentation lacking for securing a default install of Jenkins on a Windows server. This tutorial seeks to make this job easier.