Hello Gurushan, These steps worked great !!! One thing that I noticed that restarting Jenkins didn't update the JENKINS_HOME variable for me. I had to actually reboot the machine. After that, I went into Manage Jenkins console and I saw the variable change.
Thanks, Hector On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:51:50 PM UTC-6, Gurusharan S wrote: > Hello Hector, > > I see now what's the problem. I believe the environment variables may not > be taken by the service, it uses jenkins.xml to get the environment > variables. By default, a windows service uses the jenkins directory you > give for installation as the jenkins home. > > Can you please check if the steps in this link help you? > http://tech.nitoyon.com/en/blog/2014/02/25/jenkins-home-win/ > > Please note that you MUST not move some of the files from the old jenkins > directory and that you need that directory to stay there (I mean you should > not be deleting the whole directory). > > Bye for now, > *Gurusharan S.* > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Hector Magnanao <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Gurusharan, >> >> Yes, I followed the exact steps that Geoffroy outlined above: >> >> 1. shutdown your jenkins instance >> 2. move the folder /path/to/old_jenkins_home to the new location >> /path/to/new_jenkins_home >> 3. create an environment variable JENKINS_HOME, which value is >> /path/to/new_jenkins_home >> 4. start your jenkins instance >> >> I am currently running Jenkins as a windows service. I noticed that if I >> run the jenkins service from the command line and go into Jenkins, the new >> home directory is reflected. But when run it as a windows service, the old >> home directory is still showing. How would I do that so my new home >> directory is reflected from the windows service ? >> >> Hector >> >> On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 9:36:51 PM UTC-6, Gurusharan S wrote: >> >>> Hi Hector, >>> >>> Did you try the steps Geoffroy had explained? >>> >>> If so can you please brief us on how you are running Jenkins (windows >>> service, init.d on linux, etc.) and how you followed those steps. >>> >>> The steps are generic, how ever depending on how you run Jenkins, >>> setting up the environment might be tricky and so, the more information you >>> can provide the better it is to help troubleshoot. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gurusharan S. >>> On Feb 27, 2016 3:16 AM, "Hector Magnanao" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I followed the steps above but when I verified, the old home directory >>>> is still showing up. How do I change the home directory for my login in >>>> Jenkins to the new Jenkins home ? >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 10:01:35 AM UTC-6, Gurusharan S wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Hector, >>>>> >>>>> On how to verify the new home directory, you need to go to the >>>>> Configure jenkins page: Manage Jenkins -> Configure System. >>>>> >>>>> Typically the jenkins home directory of the current instance will be >>>>> displayed first in the form. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> >>>>> Bye for now, >>>>> Gurusharan S. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 19 February 2016 21:21:59 UTC+5:30, Hector Magnanao wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How do I change the home directory for Jenkins without having to >>>>>> reinstall ? And how do I verify the new home directory once it's changed >>>>>> ? >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/eXEvmIA9sYk/unsubscribe >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/e15caf38-d4bb-4a93-848b-8d8a0f0b3a59%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/e15caf38-d4bb-4a93-848b-8d8a0f0b3a59%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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/eXEvmIA9sYk/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/6ee60ffb-af67-4a5f-aae3-74ff4108dead%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/6ee60ffb-af67-4a5f-aae3-74ff4108dead%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/b5f5f88c-17ea-4906-b18b-2fa503a3dc9c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
