-------------- Running Jenkins in Background ----------------- Did a bit of research and found that Jenkins has no feature of running in background. A workaround to this would be to use the "nohup" program. To run Jenkins in background, use : "nohup java -jar jenkins.war>jenkins-logs/some_log_name.log 2>&1 &" This runs Jenkins in the background. To bring it to the foreground and kill it, use "fg" or "%" But make sure, you've shut down Jenkins first. Type the URL "crit.brlcad.org:$PORT_JENKINS_RUNS_ON/kill" or "crit.blcad.org/address/to/Jenkins/exit" (If Jenkins has it's own URL) By default $PORT_JENKINS_RUNS_ON is 8080.