How to change workspace and build record Root Directory on Jenkins

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I would like Jenkins  data to be written to drive  E   since this is the large drive on the server  Jenkins itself is installed on  C       How do I do that   The default configuration that I saw is       Workspace Root Directory    ITEM ROOTDIR  workspace   Build Record Root Directory    ITEM ROOTDIR  builds   Will the following changes help me achieve what I need        Workspace Root Directory  E  Jenkins workspace   Build Record Root Directory  E  Jenkins builds   ITEM FULL NAME    In addition  what does    ITEM FULL NAME   mean

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You can modify the path on the config xml file in the default directory   lt projectNamingStrategy class  jenkins model ProjectNamingStrategy DefaultProjectNamingStrategy   gt   lt workspaceDir gt D  Workspace   ITEM FULL NAME  lt  workspaceDir gt   lt buildsDir gt D  Logs   ITEM ROOTDIR  Build lt  buildsDir gt

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By default  Jenkins stores all of its data in this directory on the file system   There are a few ways to change the Jenkins home directory    Edit the JENKINS HOME variable in your Jenkins configuration file  e g   etc sysconfig jenkins on Red Hat Linux   Use your web container s admin tool to set the JENKINS HOME environment variable  Set the environment variable JENKINS HOME before launching your web container  or before launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file  Set the JENKINS HOME Java system property when launching your web container  or when launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file  Modify web xml in jenkins war  or its expanded image in your web container   This is not recommended  This value cannot be changed while Jenkins is running   It is shown here to help you ensure that your configuration is taking effect

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The variables you need are explained here in the jenkins wiki  https   wiki jenkins io display JENKINS Features controlled by system properties  The default variable ITEM ROOTDIR points to a directory inside the jenkins installation  As you already found out you need    Workspace Root Directory  E  myJenkinsRootFolderOnE   ITEM FULL NAME  workspace Build Record Root Directory  E  myJenkinsRootFolderOnE   ITEM FULL NAME  builds   You need to achieve this through config xml nowerdays  Citing from the wiki page linked above      This used to be a UI setting  but was removed in 2 119 as it did not   support migration of existing build records and could lead to   build-related errors until restart

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EDIT  Per other comments  the  Advanced     button appears to have been removed in more recent versions of Jenkins  If your version doesn t have it  see knorx s answer   I had the same problem  and even after finding this old pull request I still had trouble finding where to specify the Workspace Root Directory or Build Record Root Directory at the system level  versus specifying a custom workspace for each job   To set these    Navigate to Jenkins -  Manage Jenkins -  Configure System Right at the top  under Home directory  click the Advanced    button   Now the fields for Workspace Root Directory and Build Record Root Directory appear   The information that appears if you click the help bubbles to the left of each option is very instructive  In particular  from the Workspace Root Directory help       This value may include the following variables            JENKINS HOME      Absolute path of the Jenkins home directory     ITEM ROOTDIR      Absolute path of the directory where Jenkins stores the configuration and related metadata for a given job     ITEM FULL NAME      The full name of a given job  which may be slash-separated  e g  foo bar for the job bar in folder foo         The value should normally include   ITEM ROOTDIR  or   ITEM FULL NAME   otherwise different jobs will end up sharing the same workspace

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If you go into Configure under Home there is a  Help  note on how to   Home directory   var lib jenkins    Help for feature  Home directory  By default  Jenkins stores all of its data in this directory on the file system   There are a few ways to change the Jenkins home directory   Edit the JENKINS HOME variable in your Jenkins configuration file  e g   etc sysconfig jenkins on Red Hat Linux   Use your web container s admin tool to set the JENKINS HOME environment variable  Set the environment variable JENKINS HOME before launching your web container  or before launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file  Set the JENKINS HOME Java system property when launching your web container  or when launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file  Modify web xml in jenkins war  or its expanded image in your web container   This is not recommended     This value cannot be changed while Jenkins is running  It is shown here to help you ensure that your configuration is taking effect

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I would suggest editing the  etc default jenkins  vi  etc default jenkins   And changing the  JENKINS HOME variable  around line 23  to  JENKINS HOME  home jenkins   Then restart the Jenkins with usual   etc init d jenkins start   Cheers

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I figured it out  In order to save your Jenkins data on other drive you ll need to do the following   Workspace Root Directory  E  Jenkins   ITEM FULL NAME  workspace Build Record Root Directory  E  Jenkins   ITEM FULL NAME  builds

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You can also edit the config xml file in your JENKINS HOME directory  Use c32hedge s response as a reference and set the workspace location to whatever you want between the  tags

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