There are a few ways to change the Jenkins home directory:
JENKINS_HOME variable in your Jenkins configuration
file (e.g. /etc/sysconfig/jenkins on Red Hat Linux).
JENKINS_HOME
environment variable.
JENKINS_HOME before launching
your web container, or before launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file.
JENKINS_HOME Java system property when launching your
web container, or when launching Jenkins directly from the WAR file.