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Update Jenkins from a war file

I have a machine with Ubuntu 12.04 and have installed Jenkins ver. 1.424.6 using apt-get based on *this guide*, but there is a new version:

New version of Jenkins (1.447.2) is available for download (changelog).

If I press download, I get a jenkins.war file... but how do I use that for upgrading my current installation? or is that not possible before the apt repositories gets updated?

Solution

  • 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.