How to stop Jenkins? -How to shutdown my Jenkins safely?

Question

I run Jenkins in its own container. I use the command 

nohup java -jar jenkins.war --httpsPort=8443

How do I shut it down safely? Right now, I use the kill command to kill the process.

Answer 1

To stop the Jenkins you need to use:

http://[jenkins-server]/exit

This will shut down the Jenkins slowly.