Jenkins console log is easily accessible through the terminal/command prompt window from which you ran this Docker command. Otherwise, you can access the Jenkins console log through the Docker logs of the jenkinsci/blueocean  container using the following command: Your  <docker-container-name>  can be obtained using the  docker ps  command. If you specified the --name jenkins-blueocean  option in the  docker run  …  command above (see also Accessing the Jenkins/Blue Ocean Docker container), you can simply use the  docker logs  command: There is a possibility you may need to access the Jenkins home directory, for instance, to check the details of a Jenkins build in the  workspace  subdirectory. If you mapped the Jenkins home directory ( /var/jenkins_home ) to one on your machine’s local file system (i.e. in the  docker run  …  command above), then you can access the contents of this directory through your machine’s usual terminal/command prompt. Otherwise, if you specified the  -v jenkins-data:/var/jenkins_home  option in the  docker run  … command, you can access the contents of the Jenkins home directory through the jenkinsci/blueocean  container’s terminal/command prompt using the  docker exec  command: As mentioned above, your  <docker-container-name>  can be obtained using the  docker ps  command. If you specified the --name jenkins-blueocean  option in the  docker run  …  command above (see also Accessing the Jenkins/Blue Ocean Docker container), you can simply use the  docker exec  command: The Web application ARchive (WAR) file version of Jenkins can be installed on any operating system or platform that supports Java. WAR file To download and run the WAR file version of Jenkins: Notes: Accessing the Jenkins home directory 1. Download the latest stable Jenkins WAR file to an appropriate directory on your machine. 2. Open up a terminal/command prompt window to the download directory. 3. Run the command  java -jar jenkins.war . 4. Browse to  localhost:8080  and wait until the  Unlock Jenkins  page appears. 5. Continue on with the Post-installation setup wizard below. 7 docker logs <docker-container-name> docker logs jenkins-blueocean docker exec -it <docker-container-name> bash docker exec -it jenkins-blueocean bash