Copying JENKINS_HOME was how I moved from one server to another. It worked great for me. Just want to make sure you initially install the same version of Jenkins on the destination server during migration to avoid any weird issues. Then update the Jenkins URL in the global config and you should be off and running.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 12:25 Victor Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > What about using the SCM Sync plugin instead? > - > https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/SCM+Sync+configuration+plugin > > Cheers > > On Tuesday, 22 September 2015 18:55:46 UTC+2, Justin wrote: >> >> My orgranization is moving to a new datacenter. I know that jobs can be >> migrated between servers by just copying the job folder. But what about the >> rest of the server instance (global credentials, global security, plugin >> configurations, user database/settings, etc)? I've seen some older posts >> (for hudson rather than jenkins) saying to do a fresh install and then >> overwrite JENKINS_HOME on the new server with the install from the old >> server. Is that still a preferred method? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/2ec577ff-fcbd-4c48-871e-97e880b7df65%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/2ec577ff-fcbd-4c48-871e-97e880b7df65%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAPiUgVc8ju93H_jGBECb1_P6EPUzzQGrB-f%3DJRGdMxcNgrzCJw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
