How to change port for jenkins window service when 8080 is being used

Question

I installed Jenkins on a windows virtual server and want to run it as window service.

Since the port 8080 is being used by other service, I changed the http port to 8081 in jenkins.xml file. However, I am not able to launch localhost:8081/jenkins at all. I need detail instruction/steps to configure port 8081 or something to run Jenkins.

Answer 1

1. Go to the directory where you installed Jenkins (by default, it's under Program Files/Jenkins)
2. Open the Jenkins.xml configuration file
3. Search --httpPort=8080 and replace the 8080 with the new port number that you wish
4. Restart Jenkins for changes to take effect