Installing agents#
You can install agents from the server or from the command line on the agent system. To configure a failover server for an agent, you must install the agent from the command line.
- Installing agents remotely
You can install agents by using the HCL™ Launch web application. - Installing agents from the command line
Installing an agent from the command line involves running a batch file or shell script and specifying information about how the agent connects to the server or agent relay. - Installing agents on Windows through WinRS
You can install agents remotely on Windows™ systems through WinRS. - Installing agents in silent mode
In silent mode, you specify the installation properties in a text file and then run the installation without command-line prompts. - Installing an agent in an OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster
UrbanCode Deploy Agent is a tool for automating application deployments through your environments. It is designed to facilitate rapid feedback and continuous delivery in agile development while providing the audit trails, versioning and approvals needed in production. - Discovering agents automatically
You can use HCL™ Launch to discover potential agent locations on UNIX™ and Windows™. - Running agents as services on HCL AIX
You can set up agents to run as system services. - Running agents as services on Linux
You can set up agents to run as system services. - Running agents as services using systemd
Systemd is a new approach to handle services on new versions of Linux, for example, RHEL 7 or later. - Reconfiguring agents
You can use the agent configuration script to change agents. For example, you can connect an agent to a new server. - Agent installation properties
The agent properties in the installed.properties file control details about the agent, including how it connects to the server.
Parent topic: Installing HCL Launch