diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 28db3464..e1366760 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
+def p = [:]
+
+node {
+	checkout scm
+	p = readProperties interpolate: true, file: 'ci/pipeline.properties'
+}
+
 pipeline {
 
 	agent any
 
-/*
-	environment {
-		JAVA_HOME = "${tool 'jdk8'}"
-	}
- */
-
 	options {
 		buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '15'))
 		disableConcurrentBuilds()
@@ -20,16 +21,13 @@ pipeline {
 	stages {
 
 		stage('Build') {
-			environment {
-				DOCKER_HUB = credentials('hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster')
-			}
 			options {
 				timeout(time: 15, unit: "MINUTES")
 			}
 			steps {
 				script {
-					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						docker.image('eclipse-temurin:17.0.1_12-jdk').inside('-u root -v /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /tmp:/tmp') {
+					docker.withRegistry(p['docker.registry'], p['docker.credentials']) {
+						docker.image(p['docker.container.image.java.main']).inside(p['docker.container.inside.env.full']) {
 
 							sh "echo 'Setup build environment...'"
 							sh "ci/setup.sh"
@@ -66,8 +64,8 @@ pipeline {
 			}
 			steps {
 				script {
-					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						docker.image('eclipse-temurin:17.0.1_12-jdk').inside("--name ${env.HOSTNAME}Two -u root -v /tmp:/tmp") {
+					docker.withRegistry(p['docker.registry'], p['docker.credentials']) {
+						docker.image(p['docker.container.image.java.main']).inside(p['docker.container.inside.env.basic']) {
 							withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'docs.spring.io-jenkins_private_ssh_key', variable: 'DEPLOY_SSH_KEY')]) {
 								try {
 									sh "ci/deployDocs.sh"
@@ -89,12 +87,12 @@ pipeline {
 			}
 			steps {
 				script {
-					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						docker.image('eclipse-temurin:17.0.1_12-jdk').inside("--name ${env.HOSTNAME}One -u root -v /tmp:/tmp") {
+					docker.withRegistry(p['docker.registry'], p['docker.credentials']) {
+						docker.image(p['docker.container.image.java.main']).inside(p['docker.container.inside.env.basic']) {
 							withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'spring-signing-secring.gpg', variable: 'SIGNING_KEYRING_FILE')]) {
 								withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'spring-gpg-passphrase', variable: 'SIGNING_PASSWORD')]) {
-									withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'oss-token', passwordVariable: 'OSSRH_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'OSSRH_USERNAME')]) {
-										withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: '02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c', usernameVariable: 'ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD')]) {
+									withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'oss-token', usernameVariable: 'OSSRH_USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'OSSRH_PASSWORD')]) {
+										withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: p['artifactory.credentials'], usernameVariable: 'ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD')]) {
 											try {
 												sh "ci/deployArtifacts.sh"
 											}
diff --git a/ci/check.sh b/ci/check.sh
index d9f1cdfc..1e04b0d9 100755
--- a/ci/check.sh
+++ b/ci/check.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 set -eou pipefail
 
-GRADLE_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
+GRADLE_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
  ./gradlew clean check --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies --stacktrace
diff --git a/ci/deployArtifacts.sh b/ci/deployArtifacts.sh
index 06961d6d..408465cc 100755
--- a/ci/deployArtifacts.sh
+++ b/ci/deployArtifacts.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ echo "Deploying artifacts on host [$HOSTNAME]"
 # Syntax: `chown -R userId:groupId .`
 chown -R 1001:1001 .
 
-GRADLE_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
+GRADLE_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
   ./gradlew publishArtifacts releasePublishedArtifacts --no-build-cache --no-configuration-cache --no-daemon --stacktrace \
     -PartifactoryUsername=$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME \
     -PartifactoryPassword=$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD \
diff --git a/ci/deployDocs.sh b/ci/deployDocs.sh
index 7368dd8a..46bb8659 100755
--- a/ci/deployDocs.sh
+++ b/ci/deployDocs.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ echo "Deploying docs on host [$HOSTNAME]"
 # Syntax: `chown -R userId:groupId .`
 chown -R 1001:1001 .
 
-GRADLE_OPTS="--add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED -Duser.name=jenkins -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
+GRADLE_OPTS="--add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED -Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp" \
   ./gradlew deployDocs --no-daemon --stacktrace \
     -PdeployDocsSshKeyPath=$DEPLOY_SSH_KEY \
     -PdeployDocsSshUsername=$SPRING_DOCS_USERNAME
diff --git a/ci/pipeline.properties b/ci/pipeline.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..211e6eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/pipeline.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Java (JDK) versions
+java.main.tag=17.0.2_8-jdk
+
+# Docker Container Images
+docker.container.image.java.main=harbor-repo.vmware.com/dockerhub-proxy-cache/library/eclipse-temurin:${java.main.tag}
+
+# Docker Environment Settings
+docker.container.inside.env.basic=-u root -v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home -v /tmp:/tmp
+docker.container.inside.env.full=-u root -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /usr/bin/docker:/usr/bin/docker -v /tmp:/tmp -v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home
+
+# Credentials
+docker.registry=
+docker.credentials=hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster
+artifactory.credentials=02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c