Manually starting Jenkins builds

In addition to automatic builds, Jenkins makes it easy to manually start a build at any time. This is useful when troubleshooting configuration issues.

To manually start a build

1. If you are not already displaying the Jenkins dashboard in a browser, navigate to the Jenkins URL (for example, http://localhost:8080, if working on the Jenkins host computer), and then log in as the administrator user you created during installation.

2. In the job list, click the name of the job that you want to start.
3. In the sidebar menu, click Build Now.

The job starts a new build. The running build appears in the Build Executor Status list in the lower-left corner of the pane. You can now troubleshoot the build by viewing its log messages.