How to shutdown my Jenkins safely?

I run Jenkins in its own container. I use the command "nohup java -jar jenkins.war --httpsPort=8443".

How do I shut it down safely? Right now, I use the kill command to kill the process.

Solution 1:

Use http://[jenkins-server]/exit

This page shows how to use URL commands.

Solution 2:

If you would like to stop jenkins and all its services on the server using Linux console (e.g. Ubuntu), run:

service jenkins start/stop/restart

This is useful when you need to make an image/volume snapshot and you want all services to stop writing to the disk/volume.

Solution 3:

1. jenkinsUrl/safeRestart - Let you to wait for running JOBS to get complete and do a RESTART.
2. jenkinsUrl/restart - Do a restart immediately without waiting for the jobs which are running currently.
3. jenkinsUrl/exit - It stops/shutdown the JENKINS services
4. jenkinsUrl/reload - To reload the configuration changes.

Solution 4:

The full list of commands is available at http://your-jenkins/cli

The command for a clean shutdown is http://your-jenkins/safe-shutdown

You may also want to use http://your-jenkins/safe-restart

Solution 5:

Yes, kill should be fine if you're running Jenkins with the built-in Winstone container. This Jenkins Wiki page has some tips on how to set up control scripts for Jenkins.