Change JENKINS_HOME on Red Hat Linux?

Question

I used this procedure to install Jenkins:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+on+RedHat+distributions

After it was up and running I

Answer 1

Here's an easy way to solve your problem. First, move the Jenkins directory from /var/lib/jenkins to /home/jenkins. Then create a symlink at /var/lib/jenkins pointing to /home/jenkins. And of course, stop the Jenkins service before doing that.

sudo service jenkins stop
sudo mv /var/lib/jenkins /home
sudo ln -s /home/jenkins /var/lib/jenkins
sudo service jenkins start