Start/Stop and Restart Jenkins service on Windows

windows command-line console jenkins command-prompt

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Solution 1

Open Console/Command line --> Go to your Jenkins installation directory. Execute the following commands respectively:

to stop:
jenkins.exe stop

to start:
jenkins.exe start

to restart:
jenkins.exe restart

Solution 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

Solution 3

So by default you can open CMD and write

java -jar jenkins.war

But if your port 8080 is already is in use,so you have to change the Jenkins port number, so for that open Jenkins folder in Program File and open Jenkins.XML file and change the port number such as 8088

Now Open CMD and write

java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=8088

Solution 4

To start Jenkins from command line

Open command prompt
Go to the directory where your war file is placed and run the following command:

java -jar jenkins.war

To stop

Ctrl + C

Solution 5

To Start Jenkins through Command Line

Run CMD with admin
You can run following commands

"net start servicename" to start

"net restart servicename" to restart

"net stop servicename" to stop service

for more reference https://www.windows-commandline.com/start-stop-service-command-line/

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Ripon Al Wasim

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Updated on July 21, 2020

Comments

Ripon Al Wasim almost 4 years

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 on Windows 7 successfully. Jenkins runs at http://localhost:8080/ well. I want to stop Jenkins service from console. How can I do that? What's the way to start and restart through console/command line?
Nevin Raj Victor almost 9 years

@kapep: What about start and stop in mac
Ripon Al Wasim over 8 years

How to know the jenkins status?
alex about 7 years

Sure enough, this appears to work for me on Windows 7.
Shaiju T about 7 years

@Cryptor, check this post to safely shut down jenkins , it may help.
Kolby over 6 years

This worked for me, and is also what their documentation recommends: wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Starting+and+Accessing+Jenki‌ns
jayant singh about 6 years

using this we can not close the terminal ,coz the jenkins stops on closing the terminal any solution ?
Amit Jain almost 6 years

To run cmd in admin mode 1. Open task manager 2. File - New Task 3. Select check box "Create task with admin previleges"
Vin Shahrdar over 5 years

I don't know where my Jenkins installation directory is :(
Surendra Meena almost 5 years

when using this process ,all my previous project on jenkins lost and it runs through terminal only.
shehanpathi over 3 years

Jenkins installation directory is in 'Program Files' or 'Program Files(x86)'
user4851 over 3 years

This is what I was looking for, but there is no restart. You must do stop followed by start.
likejudo over 3 years

I don't find Jenkins in either of the ProgramFiles folders
Lahiru Amarathunge over 3 years

maybe, you haven't installed it properly.
Jean-François Larvoire about 3 years

This is definitely not a batch file for Windows.