Start/Stop and Restart Jenkins service on Windows

Question

I have downloaded \"jenkins-1.501.zip\" from http://jenkins-ci.org/content/thank-you-downloading-windows-installer .

I have extracted zip file and installed Jenkins

Answer 1

To start Jenkins from command line

1. Open command prompt

2. Go to the directory where your war file is placed and run the following command:

   java -jar jenkins.war

To stop

Ctrl + C