Let us now test restoring a Jenkins backup. But before we do that, let us make some configuration changes to see if the restore operation works. We will do this by making some configuration changes on the Configure System page:
- From the Jenkins dashboard, click on Manage Jenkins |Configure System.
- On the Configure System page, change the values for the following fields.
- Change the value of the # of executors field from 2 to 5.
- Change the value of the Quiet period field from 5 to 10.
- Click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.
- Now, let us restore Jenkins to a point previous to the above changes.
- From the Jenkins dashboard, click on Manage Jenkins | Periodic Backup Manager.
- On the resultant page, choose the ...