Thanks a lot @Mark for the info. We are using CentOS. Will there be a difference between yum install and downloading a previous version and installing it manually? Also, how to find if the installation is done from LTS or Stable version? From OS.
On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 11:55:18 AM UTC-5, Mudit Kumar wrote: > > I would be interested in knowing the details of OS rather than other way > around.Same as Mark mentioned. > > > > Thanks, > > Mudit Kumar > > > > *From: *<[email protected] <javascript:>> on behalf of Mark > Waite <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected] <javascript:>" < > [email protected] <javascript:>> > *Date: *Monday, 19 November 2018 at 2:48 PM > *To: *"[email protected] <javascript:>" < > [email protected] <javascript:>> > *Subject: *Re: how to find how a Jenkins instance is installed? > > > > I'm not aware of any direct method from inside Jenkins that will report > how it was installed. There are differences in the file system layout from > the various installation techniques which could be used to guess which > installer was used. > > > > For example: > > - If /etc/default/jenkins exists, then it is likely an 'apt' based > installation (like Debian and Ubuntu) > - If /etc/sysconfig/jenkins exists, then it is likely an 'rpm' based > installation (like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS) > > I don't know the details of installations on macOS, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD, > OpenBSD, AIX, s390x, or OpenIndiana. > > > > Mark Waite > > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 7:07 AM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > I apologize for the delay in responding. Just got chance to check back on > these. > > > > Yes Mark, you are right. I'm trying to determine if Jenkins was installed > from apt/yum, rpm, MSI or war file. Is there a way to find how the > installation was done? > > On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 10:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Waite wrote: > > I thought the question was trying to determine if the Jenkins installation > was done from apt, rpm, MSI, chocolatey, or using a war file. Interesting > the different assumptions we make to a question. > > > > Can the original questioner clarify what they were asking? > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 7:33 PM Martin d'Anjou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you mean how do you test if an instance is ready (after a restart), you > can use curl. > > > > httpCode=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -X GET $JENKINS_URL) > while [[ $httpCode != "200" ]]; do > sleep 5 > httpCode=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -X GET $JENKINS_URL) > done > echo "Jenkins is ready." > > > > > On Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 10:03:44 AM UTC-5, [email protected] > wrote: > > Hello, how do I find out how a Jenkins instance has been installed? > > -- > 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/70b0817f-aa60-42cc-bd83-713742c305aa%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/70b0817f-aa60-42cc-bd83-713742c305aa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > > Thanks! > > Mark Waite > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/d1f4d4b2-5f77-49f1-afe7-20a06aa503dc%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/d1f4d4b2-5f77-49f1-afe7-20a06aa503dc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > > Thanks! > > Mark Waite > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtESgfqu5dgvvCsZiWdgQMsrtoEbsHrDEiK2xJCN--3MvA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtESgfqu5dgvvCsZiWdgQMsrtoEbsHrDEiK2xJCN--3MvA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Disclaimer The information in this email and any attachments may contain > proprietary and confidential information that is intended for the > addressee(s) only. 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