Standard way to configure Linux Slave

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What is the best or standard way to configure a Linux slave to the Master?  These are the options that comes while we try to do the configuration

1. Launch agent agents via ssh
2. Launch agent via Java Web Start
3. Launch agent via execution of command on master
4. Let Jenkins control this Windows slave as a Windows machine

Our requirement is if the Slave VM reboots, we want the Jenkins service to start automatically and the slave to connect to master without any interruption.  Please suggest.

[gotvi...@gmail.com]

Any inputs on this please?

[Slide]

FYI, even though the term is used in some places in the docs and code (because it's hard to change everything), "agent" is the requested term instead of "slave". That being said, I prefer the "Launch agents via ssh", I've never had a problem with reconnection after a reboot of the agent computer.

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[Jeff Thompson]

For situations where it is reasonable, I agree with Slide’s recommendation: #1 Launch agents via ssh

It’s a good implementation, fairly straightforward,  and I think it leads to better reliability and fewer broken connections. I don’t have any data on that, though, so I’d also love to hear from others with experience using the different mechanisms.

Jeff Thompson

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[Randall Becker]

Launching agents via SSH is a reasonable approach also for normalizing configuration of agents across multiple platforms.

My company's build environment uses multiple Linux flavours, a Windows client (configured using OpenSSH), and a NonStop - all as agents, with a Controller running under Ubuntu. Each host has a specific jenkins user its own unique key pair (with passphrases) to cut down on accidental configuration errors.

Hope this helps.

Randall