Adding a Jenkins Agent

1. Ensure a java version is installed on the agent before proceeding to the the Jenkins agent configuration and connection step. I used this reference to configure java on my Ubuntu agent server (sokovia).

2. Ensure that Git is installed on the agent before proceeding to the Jenkins agent configuration and connection step.

3. Ensure that Docker is installed on the agent before proceeding to the Jenkins agent configuration and connection step.

   • needs more configuring: https://devopscube.com/docker-containers-as-build-slaves-jenkins/

2. For configuring and connecting the Jenkins agent I used How to connect to remote agents

You might want to add an ansible playbook for configuring agent with Java. This would be a good practice exercise. Steps would be:

• Confirm if Java is installed on the agent (adhoc command) (‘java -version’)

  • If not, code up the steps in the Java install reference above

• Confirm if Git is installed on the agent (adhoc command) (‘git –version’)

  • If not, code up a simple install (sudo apt install git)

• Confirm if Docker is installed on the agent (adhoc command) (‘/snap/bin/docker –version’)

  • If not, code up a simple install (sudo snap install docker)