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Run the WAR file. The Jenkins Web application ARchive (WAR) file can be started from the command line like this: Download the latest Jenkins WAR file to an appropriate directory on your machine. Open up a terminal/command prompt window to the download directory. Run the command java -jar jenkins.war.
Jenkins is distributed as WAR files, native packages, installers, and Docker images. Follow these installation steps:
This is the WAR package repository of Jenkins for installation. You will need to explicitly install a supported Java runtime environment (JRE), e.g. Eclipse Temurin .
Jenkins War Packages. This is the WAR package repository of Jenkins for installation. You will need to explicitly install a supported Java runtime environment (JRE), e.g. Eclipse Temurin. Weekly Release Line Supported Java versions for the weekly release line are: 2.419 (August 2023) and newer Java 11, Java 17, or Java 21
How to install Jenkins on Windows. Refer to the Windows section of the Downloading Jenkins page to download either an LTS release or a weekly release of the Windows installer. After the download completes, open the Windows installer and follow the steps below to install Jenkins.
You will need to pre-install a supported version of Java: 2.164 (2019-02) and newer: Java 8 or Java 11. 2.54 (2017-04) and newer: Java 8. 1.612 (2015-05) and newer: Java 7. With that set up, the Jenkins package can be run with: java -jar jenkins.war.
Jenkins Windows Packages. This is the MSI package repository of Jenkins for installation. See the installation guide for more information, including how Jenkins is run and where the configuration is stored, etc.
