I’m trying to create a Docker cloud agent and I want to launch the container with “ Launch attached ” method. In that section, it has suggested to use “jenkins/agent” image as a base image. But I don’t want to use “jenkins/agent” as base image. But I didn’t find any documentation related to what oth…

[image] Padmahas: But I don’t want to use “jenkins/agent” as base image. Why don’t you want to use that base image as a known starting point? You’re much more likely to succeed with your agent work if you start with a base image that is known to work. It is much easier for Jenkins plugin ma…

Hello @MarkEWaite , Thank you for the reply. I tried using “FROM jenkins/agent:jdk8”. But as you told it seems Jenkins doesn’t support Java 8 agents anymore. I’m getting below error. java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: hudson/remoting/Launcher has been compiled by a more recent version of the …

OK. Let me go through them and come back if there is anything. Thank you for all the replies.

Thank you very much @MarkEWaite , Your explanation, video link and a Stackoverflow post to modify “PATH” variable, together contributed below working Pipeline script. pipeline { agent { label 'docker-custom-image' } environment { JAVA_HOME='/opt/java-se-8u44-ri' PATH = "$JAVA_HOME/bi…

Docker cloud agent - Use custom image with Launch attached method

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MarkEWaite (Mark Waite) July 17, 2024, 4:45pm 4

Extend the Jenkins agent definition by installing Java 8 in a separate directory. Define a Jenkins tool for Java 8 and have the job definition reference that tool. Refer a previous answer for more details and refer to this video by Darin Pope

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Docker cloud agent - Use custom image with Launch attached method

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