I used to have Jenkins launch its agents from the controller using SSH. With that setup, when I upgraded Jenkins on the controller it automatically updated the remoting jars on the agents as well. But now I have switched to Launch Agent by Connecting it to the Controller. With this configuration, w…

If you’re starting the agent process with a batch file, it might be worth inserting the download step (using wget or curl) before the call to agent.jar.

Best way to update agent.jar

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jasonperrone (Jason Perrone) August 14, 2022, 5:22pm 2

I guess the best way is to merely download it from your own Jenkins server with ${JENKINS_URL}/jnlpJars/agent.jar.

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Best way to update agent.jar

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