How to start jenkins in windows | How to restart jenkins server in windows machine | How to stop jenkins in windows

To restart the jenkins server in windows machines do the following:

Open the Command prompt
Go to your Jenkins installation directory (Default it is located under  under C://Programfiles//Jenkins)and execute the below commands

To Stop Jenkins:
jenkins.exe stop

To Start Jenkins:
jenkins.exe start

To Restart Jenkins:
jenkins.exe restart

How to change jenkins default port 8080

Follow these simple steps and change the default port number on Jenkins.

• Go to the Jenkins directory we installed the Jenkins (By default, it is located under C://Program Files//Jenkins)
• Open the Jenkins.xml file.
• Search for "httpPort=8080" (as shown in below image) and replace the "8080" with the new port number that you want to change, you can put 8081.

• Save it and restart the Jenkins.
• Browse the Jenkins url as https://localhost:8081