Change Jenkins port on macOS

Question

I was wondering how one could change Jenkins\' default port 8080. Using linux or windows, this is simply done with the configuration file. But the Mac config file of Jenkins

Answer 1

Just write the following command in the terminal:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci.plist httpPort 9999

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist

That should resolve it.