Agents can be installed on machines on your network once the Continua server has been installed and configured. By default, the Continua server installer also runs the agent installer on the server's local machine.
Additional distributed agents can only be incorporated with Continua if you have a license for multiple concurrent builds. The free edition of Continua CI does not allow for distributed builds and it limits the Continua environment to 1 local agent. See the VSoft Store to purchase additional concurrent licenses.
Step by Step Install Instructions
- The agent installer comes with the standard Continua installer. The agent installer can be accessed through the Continua UI by navigating to the Agents page in the Administration section. Alternatively, the Continua Download page also has the latest agent installer. Download the agent installer and copy it over to that machine that will become an agent.
- While being logged in as a user with Administrative rights, start the installer.
- If an earlier version of the Continua Agent is already installed, you will be provided with the options to keep or update your existing settings. If you keep your settings, the agent will be updated while all previously setup properties will remain the same.
- If you have not elected to keep your existing settings, the next page will allow you to configure which Windows user account that the Continua Agent service will run under. It is important to select a user that has full permission on both the Continua server datashare folder (which was configured in the server installer), Agent workspace folder and permissions to run any desired build actions.
- The next step of the Agent installer requires you to point this agent to your Continua Server. By default the Server Port is 9000 and the Agent Port is 9002, however these values can be changed to match your environment. The Server Port should match the Port that was set when configuring your Continua Server. The Server Port can be found in the CI Server Properties page under the Administration section. Set the Server Name to localhost if the agent is being installed locally to the Continua Server. For more information, see the Networking and Security page.
- Select a folder on the Agent machine that should be used for the Agent Workspace. The Agent Workspace is only accessed by the current agent and it is used to store all build and repository information while a build is being executed on this machine. Note that this workspace should be on a drive that has plenty of disk space.
- Execute the Installer.