How to start Jenkins? - 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 the zip file and installed Jenkins on Windows 7 successfully. Jenkins runs at http://localhost:8080/ as well. I want to stop Jenkin's service from the console. How can I do that? What's the way to start and restart through the console/command line?

Answer 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

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Answer 2

There are multiple approaches to starting & stopping Jenkins on Windows OS. We have to follow some steps to run Jenkins on Windows.
 

APPROACH-1
Using Command Prompt: To start Jenkins

Step 1: Open the command prompt on your Windows with administrative privileges.

Step 2: After opening a command prompt, run one command to start Jenkins

net start Jenkins

Using Command Prompt: To stop Jenkins

Step 1: Open the command prompt on your Windows with administrative privileges.

Step 2: After opening a command prompt, run one command to stop Jenkins

net stop Jenkins

Using Command Prompt: To restart Jenkins

Step 1: Open the command prompt on your Windows with administrative privileges.

Step 2: After opening the command prompt, run two commands to restart Jenkins

net stop Jenkins

net start Jenkins

APPROACH-2

Using  the Jenkins service wrapper: To start/stop/restart Jenkins

This approach we can use only if Jenkins is already installed on our windows, then we will be able to manage it through the Jenkins service wrapper.

Step 1: We have to find the default location where Jenkins is installed on our system.

Go to the Jenkins installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins).

Step 2: In the above location we will find an exe file (i.e., Jenkins.exe). jenkins.exe. We will use this file along with commands to start/stop/restart Jenkins. 

Jenkins.exe start 

Jenkins.exe stop

Jenkins.exe restart

Answer 3

To manage Jenkins on the Windows environment, you control its service from the command line. Jenkins is to be stopped by:

jenkins.exe stop

Jenkins is started with the code:

jenkins.exe start

To restart Jenkins, do the following:

jenkins.exe restart

Run commands in the directory containing the jenkins.exe or otherwise specify the full path in order to run it that way.