Using Deployment Automation → Managing Resources → Managing Agents → Managing Agents Remotely
Once an agent is installed, you can manage many of its features from the Deployment Automation web application. Agent properties can be also changed directly on the agent machine by editing the agent's conf/agent/installed.properties file and restarting the agent.
To manage an agent:
In the web application, you can see the following information about each agent:
Agent Management table
Action | Description |
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Edit | This option enables you to edit the agent's description and impersonation settings. |
Restart | This option will stop and restart the agent. While the agent is stopped, its status will be Offline. |
Upgrade | This option will stop the agent and apply the upgrade. While the agent is stopped, its status will be Offline. After the upgrade is applied, the agent will be restarted. Before its status is Online, it might briefly be Connected. |
Test | This option will perform an agent settings and connection test. Test results are displayed in the Connection Test dialog. |
Inactivate | This option will deactivate the agent. Agents that are deactivated cannot perform deployments. To reactivate the agent, check the Show Inactive Agents check box on the Agents pane, then click Activate for the agent. |
Delete | Removes the agent. |
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