Where does Jenkins store configuration files for the jobs it runs?

Question

I\'m adding continuous integration to an EC2 project at work using Jenkins. The Jenkins machine itself is kept on an EC2 machine - one that might need to be taken offline an

Answer 1

Jenkins stores the configuration for each job within an eponymous directory in jobs/. The job configuration file is config.xml, the builds are stored in builds/, and the working directory is workspace/. See the Jenkins documentation for a visual representation and further details.