Very clear tutorial. It makes it so easy to create a Jenkins agent. I struggled a lot when I was trying to install Jenkins agent a couple of years ago. Wish I had such a helpful tutorial to follow at that time.
There used to be an easy way "launch the agent from browser and click on install it as windows service" without the steps for us to do. what happened to it? Why did you remove it?
I enjoyed the video. I'm trying to get help because I encountered the following problem while trying to practice. 1. Manage Jenkins 2. Manage nodes and clouds 3. Add New Node 4. Launch method: Launch agent by connectong ot to the controller > Use WebSocket > 'WebSocket support is not enabled in this jenkins installation'
Looks like that winsw github project is unmaintained, and and as far as I can tell it is not working on windows 11. Compiles and installs but get 'Unable to create process using'... errors when trying to execute python via the agent service.
Same error for me because Jenkins is behind a Apache which provide https. Adding the certificate to the keystore, or trying to force to use port 8080 doesn’t seems to work. The configuration for using a Windows agent is over-complicated.
Oh ho. Adding the certificate chain to the keystore solve my issue but now i have a Handshake error. So the SSL Handshake error i solved was different than yours.
I encountered error 1064: an exception occurred in the service when handling the control request. Does anyone know how to resolve it? I try to start it via the terminal and it says that the service starts successfully... but it doesn't.
Anonymous read is turned on that's why you are not getting 403, Is there any method we can do the authentication without tokens/passwords for agent connection.
I've been using winsw for 2 years now with fully automated auto-(re)connecting agents, I don't see a way to accomplish this if I have to manually type in the windows account password. Also, how secure is it having the agent secret in the winsw xml file on the filesystem?
Technically, you can keep the secret in a separate file and just make the command line consume that file - there's an example of this in examples GitHub repo for WinSW. Also, using a custom local account is completely optional in my view - the default (Local System) is good enough in most situations.
But for the service setup the simple Jenkins "solution" still exists (Tested on Jenkins 2.332.1) 1. download the %JENKINS_URL%/computer/AGENt_name/jenkins-agent.jnlp to the agent wher you want to run the agent 2. On the agent run javaws jenkins-agent.jnlp 3. from the started GUI : File -> install as a service And it will create the windows service
Very clear tutorial. It makes it so easy to create a Jenkins agent. I struggled a lot when I was trying to install Jenkins agent a couple of years ago. Wish I had such a helpful tutorial to follow at that time.
Such a clear and easy to follow tutorial! Thank you for your time!
Best video by far for Jenkins Windows agent setup
Thank you very much for this easy and well detailed tutorial. :)
Thank you Sir! Great article !! I have successfully configured Windows service using this.
Clear and concise! Love this presentation
Thanks, it helps me a lot
I start my Windows agent via SSH from the Controller. Very comfortable once set up
Very much helpful. Thanks a lot for this video
Awesome tutorial. Great job!
This was excellent! Thanks for sharing the knowledge
Great tutorial! Easy to understand and follow! Thank you :)
GREAAAATTT! Thank you so much!
Thank you! Great tutorial
Great tutorial! Thanks for your work.
clear step by step , thanks
Wow he's good. Excellent tutorial.
There used to be an easy way "launch the agent from browser and click on install it as windows service" without the steps for us to do. what happened to it? Why did you remove it?
It has to do with some Java 11 Voodoo if I remember correct.
It used Java Web Start, which was removed by Oracle starting in Java 11.
Is setting this up as a service any better than just running that "Run from agent command line" code from the command line manually?
great tutorial
I enjoyed the video. I'm trying to get help because I encountered the following problem while trying to practice.
1. Manage Jenkins
2. Manage nodes and clouds
3. Add New Node
4. Launch method: Launch agent by connectong ot to the controller
> Use WebSocket
> 'WebSocket support is not enabled in this jenkins installation'
What is the purpose of a secret key token here
Is it a temporary token
Or permanent token
Hello, if Jenkins is already configured and running on a node in a folder, what do I need to change the folder?
Thanks a lot !!!
Hello,
After Windows Restart the Agent not started Automatically, what can I do please?
Looks like that winsw github project is unmaintained, and and as far as I can tell it is not working on windows 11. Compiles and installs but get 'Unable to create process using'... errors when trying to execute python via the agent service.
awesome
i try , but i get Handshake error ?
Maybe you can open the agent configuration page, enable "Use WebSocket" and try again.
I'm getting the same error !!! tried both TCP and Websocket, did you fix it ???
Same error for me because Jenkins is behind a Apache which provide https. Adding the certificate to the keystore, or trying to force to use port 8080 doesn’t seems to work. The configuration for using a Windows agent is over-complicated.
Oh ho. Adding the certificate chain to the keystore solve my issue but now i have a Handshake error. So the SSL Handshake error i solved was different than yours.
I encountered error 1064: an exception occurred in the service when handling the control request. Does anyone know how to resolve it? I try to start it via the terminal and it says that the service starts successfully... but it doesn't.
fantastic
Anonymous read is turned on that's why you are not getting 403, Is there any method we can do the authentication without tokens/passwords for agent connection.
I've been using winsw for 2 years now with fully automated auto-(re)connecting agents, I don't see a way to accomplish this if I have to manually type in the windows account password.
Also, how secure is it having the agent secret in the winsw xml file on the filesystem?
Technically, you can keep the secret in a separate file and just make the command line consume that file - there's an example of this in examples GitHub repo for WinSW.
Also, using a custom local account is completely optional in my view - the default (Local System) is good enough in most situations.
Dont remove manual jnlp install agents pls.
But for the service setup the simple Jenkins "solution" still exists (Tested on Jenkins 2.332.1)
1. download the %JENKINS_URL%/computer/AGENt_name/jenkins-agent.jnlp to the agent wher you want to run the agent
2. On the agent run javaws jenkins-agent.jnlp
3. from the started GUI : File -> install as a service
And it will create the windows service
I tried this but unfortunately I'm using OpenJDK which doesn't include javaws :(
@@muddyboy999 I guess I used openjdk 1.8
@@muddyboy999 I have checked that. Adopt openjdk has "javaws" the icedtea-web
Really helpful.. Thanks man.