# \#remoting **URL:** https://community.jenkins.io/tag/remoting/4.md [Latest](https://community.jenkins.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.jenkins.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.jenkins.io/tags.md) --- ## [Building containers in Jenkins agent with rootless buildah on latest Alpine v3.24](https://community.jenkins.io/t/building-containers-in-jenkins-agent-with-rootless-buildah-on-latest-alpine-v3-24/37209)
**Author:** [@in0rdr](https://community.jenkins.io/u/in0rdr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/building-containers-in-jenkins-agent-with-rootless-buildah-on-latest-alpine-v3-24/37209 "2026-08-12T11:17:59Z")
Jenkins setup: Jenkins agent on Alpine Linux The Jenkins agent image also contains buildah buildah runs in rootless mode as jenkins user This question might not be strictly related to Jenkins (agent) only. \`buildah b… --- ## [How to optimise Jenkins Remoting for SCM plugin](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-optimise-jenkins-remoting-for-scm-plugin/35875)
**Author:** [@anuragagarwal561994](https://community.jenkins.io/u/anuragagarwal561994)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-optimise-jenkins-remoting-for-scm-plugin/35875 "2025-11-28T04:37:14Z")
Jenkins setup: 2.303.3-jdk8 My setup involves running controller from my local machine and using kubernetes plugin to spawn agents in kubernetes cluster in production I have got this setup using ktunnel I read through… --- ## [InterruptedException with Docker Worfklow Plugin and large Images](https://community.jenkins.io/t/interruptedexception-with-docker-worfklow-plugin-and-large-images/35550)
**Author:** [@in0rdr](https://community.jenkins.io/u/in0rdr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/interruptedexception-with-docker-worfklow-plugin-and-large-images/35550 "2025-09-06T18:37:40Z")
Dear community, I have issues using large Docker images (e.g., texlive Docker image, 4.74 GB) with the Docker workflow plugin. This is my job: pipeline { //environment { // CLIENT\_TIMEOUT = 1200 //}… --- ## [Agents failing randomly with ClosedChannelException](https://community.jenkins.io/t/agents-failing-randomly-with-closedchannelexception/11555)
**Author:** [@alberto.scotto](https://community.jenkins.io/u/alberto.scotto)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/agents-failing-randomly-with-closedchannelexception/11555 "2025-03-07T17:25:57Z")
Hi, We are running a Jenkins instance on-prem, connected to around 20 agents, which are used to run UFT tests via hpe-application-automation-tools-plugin. Everything was working fine until one day, when suddenly things… --- ## [Jenkins stuck waiting for agent communication when starting new executor](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-stuck-waiting-for-agent-communication-when-starting-new-executor/15459)
**Author:** [@tkowalcz](https://community.jenkins.io/u/tkowalcz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-stuck-waiting-for-agent-communication-when-starting-new-executor/15459 "2024-05-26T08:16:55Z")
Any hints how to fix this are greatly appreciated. We are running on GCP. Sometimes when launching an agent the process gets stuck. Under “Build Executor Status” there will be an agent with “launching…” annotation, seem… --- ## [How to trigger additional empty dummy kubernetes workers before release?](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-trigger-additional-empty-dummy-kubernetes-workers-before-release/10995)
**Author:** [@dsaydon90](https://community.jenkins.io/u/dsaydon90)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-trigger-additional-empty-dummy-kubernetes-workers-before-release/10995 "2023-11-29T09:32:03Z")
Usually before a major release I’m using at least 50 jenkins kubernetes workers. The thing is what I’m triggering my 50 jobs that will trigger 50 jenkins kubernetes workers might take some time (up to 30 min). To minimi… --- ## [Agent Failed to launch on target machine, failing at showing environment](https://community.jenkins.io/t/agent-failed-to-launch-on-target-machine-failing-at-showing-environment/6759)
**Author:** [@jiali23](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jiali23)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/agent-failed-to-launch-on-target-machine-failing-at-showing-environment/6759 "2023-05-31T15:29:53Z")
I just updated my Jenkins to 2.387.2 not long ago, and was trying to configure another Windows PC as a agent node, which I have successfully setup as a agent node a year ago. Right now, the agent won’t even launch on tha… --- ## [Unknown host exception disconnects the kubernetes agent on Jenkins 2.361.1](https://community.jenkins.io/t/unknown-host-exception-disconnects-the-kubernetes-agent-on-jenkins-2-361-1/6335)
**Author:** [@juandyego1983](https://community.jenkins.io/u/juandyego1983)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/unknown-host-exception-disconnects-the-kubernetes-agent-on-jenkins-2-361-1/6335 "2023-05-26T11:59:28Z")
This issue occurs after migrating Jenkins version from 2.319.1 to 2.361.1. On Jenkins version 2.319.1 doesnt occur. Only occurs on Jenkins version 2.361.1 Error occurs intermittently: Kubernetes JNLP container terminat… --- ## [Windows WebSocket agents requently looses connection, restarts agent - breaking long running jobs](https://community.jenkins.io/t/windows-websocket-agents-requently-looses-connection-restarts-agent-breaking-long-running-jobs/4310)
**Author:** [@ThomasHjorslevFcn](https://community.jenkins.io/u/ThomasHjorslevFcn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/windows-websocket-agents-requently-looses-connection-restarts-agent-breaking-long-running-jobs/4310 "2023-02-15T16:11:07Z")
We have several long running jobs in Jenkins, up to 5 hours (mainly database maintenance). We have successfully been using this strategy for several year. Recently we put Jenkins behind a load balancer (AWS ALB), breaki… --- ## [java.io.IOException: Could not copy remoting.jar into '/export/build' on agent](https://community.jenkins.io/t/java-io-ioexception-could-not-copy-remoting-jar-into-export-build-on-agent/1088)
**Author:** [@harridu](https://community.jenkins.io/u/harridu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/java-io-ioexception-could-not-copy-remoting-jar-into-export-build-on-agent/1088 "2022-04-12T11:39:02Z")
Communication between jenkins and the agents fails with \[12/13/21 17:53:49\] \[SSH\] Checking java version of /usr/lib/jvm/java-openjdk/bin/java \[12/13/21 17:53:49\] \[SSH\] /usr/lib/jvm/java-openjdk/bin/java -version returne… --- ## [High CPU Consumption when using agent.jar with websockets](https://community.jenkins.io/t/high-cpu-consumption-when-using-agent-jar-with-websockets/2472)
**Author:** [@MarcBauer-LM](https://community.jenkins.io/u/MarcBauer-LM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/high-cpu-consumption-when-using-agent-jar-with-websockets/2472 "2022-05-19T10:17:35Z")
Hi, We are facing a high cpu usage when using the agent.har with websockets. When using TCP with -tunnle everythin is fine. But due to some restrictions we need to use websockets. Is there a know issue with websockets … --- ## [Jenkins remote agent memory, what % of total RAM?](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-remote-agent-memory-what-of-total-ram/698)
**Author:** [@martinda](https://community.jenkins.io/u/martinda)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-remote-agent-memory-what-of-total-ram/698 "2021-10-29T21:26:39Z")
I have three Jenkins controllers, all using the same bare metal remote machine. The remote machine has 132G of RAM, and the remoting.jar java processes occupy 48G, 46G and 39G RAM! As a result, builds regularly run out o… --- ## [How to specify the shell for a remoting agent](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-specify-the-shell-for-a-remoting-agent/442)
**Author:** [@brucellino](https://community.jenkins.io/u/brucellino)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/how-to-specify-the-shell-for-a-remoting-agent/442 "2021-09-26T21:14:21Z")
Hi all! Simple question, hopefully with a simple answer, but one I haven’t found yet: How do I specify the shell options for JNLP agents? Note: this is about which shell, but about how the shell is invoked. IE I want… --- ## [GSoC21 Remoting Monitoring End User Survey](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc21-remoting-monitoring-end-user-survey/118)
**Author:** [@Aki-7](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Aki-7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc21-remoting-monitoring-end-user-survey/118 "2021-06-16T23:38:53Z")
Hi All, I would like you to answer this survey for a better monitoring and troubleshooting experience! In the GSoC2021 Remoting Monitoring project, we are trying to collect and export the monitoring and troubleshooting…