Configuring Jenkins to start automatically at boot on MacOS

I have written in a previous article how to realize the self-starting of Jenkins through the combination of vbs+bat script in the Windows environment. Recently, I changed my computer and I have to set up Jenkins again. By the way, I will share how to configure the self-starting of Jenkins on MacOS. method.

Specific configuration steps:

1. Open the Terminal application

2. Enter the Jenkins installation directory. like: /Users/Shared/Jenkins

   cd /Users/Shared/Jenkins
   

3. Open the jenkins.plist file with a text editor

   sudo nano jenkins.plist
   

4. In the opened file, write the following:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
      <key>Label</key>
      <string>org.jenkins-ci</string>
      <key>ProgramArguments</key>
      <array>
         <string>/usr/bin/java</string>
         <string>-jar</string>
         <string>/Users/Shared/Jenkins/jenkins.war</string>
         <string>--httpPort=8080</string>
      </array>
      <key>RunAtLoad</key>
      <true/>
   </dict>
   </plist>
   

   Note: Make sure the path in the <string>/Users/Shared/Jenkins/jenkins.war</string> part points correctly to your Jenkins installation directory.

5. Save and close the file.

6. Copy the jenkins.plist file to the LaunchAgents directory using the following command:

   sudo cp jenkins.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/
   

7. Change the owner and permissions of the jenkins.plist file using the following commands:

   sudo chown root /Library/LaunchAgents/jenkins.plist
   sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchAgents/jenkins.plist
   

8. Load and start Jenkins using the following commands:

   launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/jenkins.plist
   

9. Jenkins will be configured to run automatically when the system starts. Verify: access Jenkins (default address is http://localhost:8080) after restarting the computer to start successfully.

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