Issue
- A plugin is preventing Jenkins to restart
- I need to disable a plugin and Jenkins is down
Environment
- CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on modern cloud platforms - Managed controller
- CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on modern cloud platforms - Operations Center
- CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on traditional platforms - Client controller
- CloudBees CI (CloudBees Core) on traditional platforms - Operations Center
- CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise
- CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise - Managed controller
- CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise - Operations Center
- CloudBees Jenkins Platform - Client controller
- CloudBees Jenkins Platform - Operations Center
- CloudBees Jenkins Distribution
- Jenkins LTS
Resolution
To disable a plugin via File System, create a file like <PLUGIN_ID>.jpi.disabled
inside the $JENKINS_HOME/plugins
folder. For example, to disable Green balls plugin, run:
touch $JENKINS_HOME/plugins/greenballs.jpi.disabled
1 Comments