Update Jenkins from a war file

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u123 picture u123 · Jun 16, 2012 · Viewed 101.3k times · Source

I have a machine with Ubuntu 12.04 and have installed Jenkins ver. 1.424.6 using apt-get based on this guide

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bcmcfc picture bcmcfc · Jun 16, 2012

You can overwrite the existing jenkins.war file with the new one and then restart Jenkins.

This file is usually located in /usr/share/jenkins.

If this is not the case for your system, in Manage Jenkins -> System Information, it will display the path to the .war file under executable-war.

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