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

Answer 2

To stop Jenkins Please avoid shutting down the Java process or the Windows service. These are not usual commands. Use those only if your Jenkins is causing problems.

Use Jenkins' way to stop that protects from data loss.

http://[jenkins-server]/[command]

where [command] can be any one of the following

• exit
• restart
• reload

Example: if my local PC is running Jenkins at port 8080, it will be

http://localhost:8080/exit