Working with Distributed Builds

java -jar agent.jar -jnlpUrl http://jenkins.example.com/computer/agent1/slave-agent.jnlp -secret <secret>

1. Go to Jenkins Dashboard
2. Click "Manage Jenkins"
3. Select "Manage Nodes"
4. Click "New Node"
5. Enter a name for the agent
6. Choose "Permanent Agent"
7. Click "OK"
8. Configure the agent properties (remote root directory, launch method)
9. Save configuration

ssh -i /path/to/private/key jenkins@agent-host "java -jar agent.jar"

pipeline {
    agent {
        label 'linux-agent'
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                echo 'Building...'
            }
        }
    }
}

pipeline {
    agent {
        label 'my-agent'
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                echo 'Building...'
            }
        }
    }
    post {
        always {
            cleanWs()
        }
    }
}

pipeline {
    agent {
        label 'linux-agent'
        env = [
            'JAVA_OPTS': '-Xmx1g',
            'NODE_ENV': 'production'
        ]
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                sh 'echo $JAVA_OPTS'
            }
        }
    }
}

pipeline {
    agent {
        docker {
            image 'node:16-alpine'
            args '-v /tmp:/tmp'
        }
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                sh 'npm install'
            }
        }
    }
}

pipeline {
    agent {
        kubernetes {
            cloud 'my-k8s-cloud'
            yamlFile 'kubernetes-pod.yaml'
        }
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                sh 'echo Building...'
            }
        }
    }
}

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: jenkins-agent
spec:
  containers:
  - name: jnlp
    image: jenkins/inbound-agent:4.13-1
    args:
      - "${JENKINS_SECRET}"
      - "${JENKINS_AGENT_NAME}"
    resources:
      limits:
        cpu: "2"
        memory: "4Gi"
      requests:
        cpu: "500m"
        memory: "512Mi"

pipeline {
  agent {
    kubernetes {
      label "jenkins-agent"
      cloud "kubernetes"
    }
  }
  stages {
    stage("Build") {
      steps {
        sh "echo Building..."
      }
    }
  }
}

pipeline {
    agent {
        docker {
            image 'jenkins/jnlp-slave:latest'
            registryCredentialsId 'docker-credentials-id'
        }
    }
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                sh 'echo "Building..."'
            }
        }
    }
}

curl -s http://jenkins-server/computer/agent-name/api/json | jq .status

curl -s "http://jenkins.example.com/computer/agent1" | grep -o "<span class='offline-reason'>[^<]*</span>"