Gocd agent configuration

1. What is agent in GoCD?
2. How do I assign an agent to pipeline in GoCD?
3. What is the difference between GoCD server and agent?
4. What is Agent config?
5. How do I manually install an agent?
6. What is agent Configuration Utility?
7. What is agent vs agentless?
8. Is GoCD CI or CD?
9. How do I add an agent to my queue?
10. What are the three types of agents?
11. What are the six types of agents?

What is agent in GoCD?

Agents are the workers in the GoCD ecosystem. Rather than having dedicated idle agents at all times, elastic agents allow you to scale up, with on-demand agents, based on the needs of the pipeline being executed.

How do I assign an agent to pipeline in GoCD?

Once the GoCD agent has been installed and pointed at your GoCD server, go to the Agents tab on the GoCD dashboard. You should see something like this: Note that the hostname is as reported by the agent, and the IP address is as reported by the server. To add the agent to the cloud, click “Enable”.

What is the difference between GoCD server and agent?

In the GoCD ecosystem, the server is the one that controls everything. It provides the user interface to users of the system and provides work for the agents to do. The agents are the ones that do any work (run commands, do deployments, etc) that is configured by the users or administrators of the system.

What is Agent config?

The agent configuration file is a JSON file that specifies the metrics and logs that the agent is to collect, including custom metrics. You can create it by using the wizard or by creating it yourself from scratch. You could also use the wizard to initially create the configuration file and then modify it manually.

How do I manually install an agent?

In the Operations console, select Administration. Select Pending Management. In the Pending Management pane, select computers in Type: Manual Agent Install. Right-click the computers, and then select Approve.

What is agent Configuration Utility?

The Agent Configuration (ctmag) utility is a Java application used to maintain Agent configuration parameters, and to view and modify most of the operating system parameters. If the user running the utility is not an administrator, changes made to Agent configuration parameters will not be saved.

What is agent vs agentless?

The agent collects the relevant metrics and sends them to the monitoring platform. Agentless monitoring is a means to monitor equipment without having to load a software on them to collect data.

Is GoCD CI or CD?

GoCD is a best-of-breed tool for Continuous Delivery (CD). Jenkins is a general purpose automation tool and is built for Continuous Integration(CI).

How do I add an agent to my queue?

Click on the queue you want to add agents to. In the Queue Setting's window click AGENTS. Click or Add Agent at the bottom. Click the top drop-down menu that appears and choose an agent from the list (representing agents who are not yet in the queue).

What are the three types of agents?

In general, there are three types of agents: universal agents, general agents, and special agents.

What are the six types of agents?

The five types of agents include: general agent, special agent, subagent, agency coupled with an interest, and servant (or employee).