How to change Jenkins default folder on Windows?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12689139/how-to-change-jenkins-default-folder-on-windows

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Stop Jenkins service
Move C:UsersCoola.jenkins folder to d:Jenkins
Using regedit, change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesJenkinsImagePath to "d:Jenkinsjenkins.exe"
Start service

answered Oct 3 '12 at 10:04

grams 31124

The answer helped. In addition, I had to wipe out the workspaces of all my jobs which use the tfs plugin to get the source code. This was failing with 'Unable to determine the workspace' error. – GarethOwen Nov 20 '12 at 10:37

I also had to add a new Inbound Rule to Windows Firewall, just duplicating the existing one for c:Program Files (x86)Jenkinsjreinjava.exe for the java.exe in the new folder – GarethOwen Nov 20 '12 at 13:29

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When you read Administering Jenkins you can read all options how to modify the JENKINS_HOME environment variable.

On this website you can read how to configure you Tomcat container to override the JENKINS_HOME environment variable, they advise to create the file $CATALINA_BASE/conf/localhost/jenkins.xml, with the following content:

<Context docBase="../jenkins.war">
    <Environment name="JENKINS_HOME" type="java.lang.String" value="/data/jenkins" override="true"/>
</Context>

edited Jan 18 '13 at 12:48

answered Jan 18 '13 at 12:38

OblongZebra 30127

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And in addition to grams answer, the most important part is creating an environment variable named JENKINS_HOME with value "D:Jenkins". Without that, on starting Jenkins it would again create the .jenkins folder in your user home folder.

answered Oct 3 '12 at 12:00

dunni 6,92511739

It may not be necessary. AFAIK it seems that the native windows installer does not create (or need) JENKINS_HOME environment variable. Check out issue #JENKINS-13530 But I guess it's safer to check JENKINS_HOME anyway. – grams Oct 3 '12 at 14:02

You don't need the Windows installer to install Jenkins as a service. You can also simply run the WAR and then select it from the menu. And in that case your right, it isn't necessary, since Jenkins creates a jenkins.xml file, which sets the current directory as JENKINS_HOME. – dunni Oct 3 '12 at 15:11

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