In short, Java 6 is not supported anymore by recent versions of Jenkins.
So, as was said already above at least by Slide and Victor, your best bet
is already to upgrade to the closest LTS to your version.
You want to study: https://jenkins.io/changelog-stable/ so in your case the
fist jump would b
All:
Thanks for all the tips. I thought I was successful by reinstalling my old
1.472 version. Was able to access through the local host and saw all the
jobs, etc. This was accomplished using the java -DJENKINS_HOME=/Hudson
-jar jenkins-war.1.472.war. Once I gained access I started the process
Hey Thomas, most likely the hudson folder should be backed up:
- https://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_Hudson/Administering_Hudson which matches
with the Jenkins one
too: https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Administering+Jenkins
As a suggestion: I'd rather consider to upgrade on batches firstly, mo
All:
After some digging in the documents and looking at my current installation,
I get the feeling the getting back my current v1.472 installation, I should
be able to rename the config.xml file to config_original.xml then
install jenkins-war-1.472.war using
java -jar jenkins-war-1.472.war --http
Jo! What the man said, in spades.
FWIW: I also use the LTS version.
Quite frankly, for a piece of software which hasn’t cost me a penny, and to
which I (to my chagrin) yet have to contribute, it’s as near “perfect” as I’ll
ever want.
I can happily live with the (very rare) hiccoughs: we’re all o
Hi, John,
Thank you for your perspective. There are a few things in here that I
wanted to respond, as the creator of Jenkins.
First, I totally understand the frustration you and Thomas, the original
poster have. This feeling of fear of upgrade and breakage it might create
is something we hear fro
I haven't had the same experience as you with updates. I track the LTS
release of Jenkins and the breakage, if any, has been very minimal. If you
aren't tracking the LTS, I can definitely see you running into lots of
issues. The weekly releases are tested over a period of time and with many
plugins
On Fri, 2018-03-30 at 11:01 -0700, Thomas Dunlap wrote:
I have inherited an AccuRev Jankins/Hudson CI. Jenkins version 1.472. The
previous developer stopped programming in 2012. I am trying to
determine the best way to upgrade the software. Since the development is old I
thought it would be be
I have inherited an AccuRev Jankins/Hudson CI. Jenkins version 1.472. The
previous developer stopped programming in 2012. I am trying to
determine the best way to upgrade the software. Since the development is
old I thought it would be best to see if I can get the 2 applications to
talk.
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