How to change port for jenkins window service when 8080 is being used

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I installed Jenkins on a windows virtual server and want to run it as window service    Since the port 8080 is being used by other service  I changed the http port to 8081 in jenkins xml file  However  I am not able to launch localhost 8081 jenkins at all   I need detail instruction steps to configure port 8081 or something to run Jenkins

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Go to the directory where you installed Jenkins  by default  it s under Program Files Jenkins  Open the Jenkins xml configuration file Search --httpPort 8080 and replace the 8080 with the new port number that you wish Restart Jenkins for changes to take effect

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1   Open the jenkins xml file  2   Search for the  --httpPort 8080  Text and replace the port number 8080 with your custom port number  like 7070   9090   3   Go to your services running your machine  amp  find out the Jenkins service and click on restart

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In linux   sudo vi  etc sysconfig jenkins   set following configuration with any available port  JENKINS PORT  8082

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For jenkins in a docker container you can use port publish option in docker run command to map jenkins port in container to different outside port   e g  map docker container internal jenkins GUI port 8080 to port 9090 external  docker run -it -d --name jenkins42 --restart always      -p  lt ip gt  9090 8080  lt image gt

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On Ubuntu 16 04 LTS you can change the Port like that    Change port number in the config file  etc default jenkins to 8081  or the port you like  HTTP PORT 8081 Restart Jenkins  service jenkins restart

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On Windows  with Windows Service    Edit the file C  Program Files  x86  Jenkins jenkins xml with 8083 if you want 8083 port    lt arguments gt -Xrs -Xmx256m -Dhudson lifecycle hudson lifecycle WindowsServiceLifecycle -jar   BASE  jenkins war  --httpPort 8083 lt  arguments gt

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Use Default Port  If the default port 8080 has been bind with other process  Then kill that process   DOS gt  netstat -a -o -n   Find the process id  PID  XXXX of the process which occupied 8080    DOS gt  taskkill  F  PID XXXX   Now  start Jenkins  on default port   DOS gt  Java -jar jenkins war   Use Custom Port  DOS gt  Java -jar jenkins war --httpPort 8008

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If you are running on Redhat  do following  Stop Jenkins  sudo service jenkins stop  change port number in  etc sysconfig jenkins like i did for port 8081 JENKINS PORT  quot 8081 quot   start Jenkins again  sudo service jenkins start   make sure your FW has correct burn rules

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Restart Jenkins service  Just restart the Jenkins service after you changed the port in jenkins xml    Press Win   R Type  services msc  Right click on the  Jenkins  line   Restart   Type http   localhost 8081  in your browser to test the change

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You should follow 2 steps    This step can be followed by running the cmd in the specific folder location where there will be  war file  This step helpful as Jenkins needs some disk space to perform builds and keep archives   set JENKINS HOME c  folder Jenkins  This step will be helpful to change the port number  and works can be performed accordingly   java -jar jenkins war --httpPort 8585

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Check in Jenkins xml and update like below   lt arguments gt -Xrs -Xmx256m -Dhudson lifecycle hudson lifecycle WindowsServiceLifecycle -jar   BASE  jenkins war  --httpPort 8090 lt  arguments gt

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Start Jenkins from cmd line with this command     java -jar jenkins war --httpPort 8081

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