I agree its pretty confusing. I'm under the impression an agent (like ssh) can have multiple nodes. to me, node = executor, but not really
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:06 PM 'Martin Schmude' via Jenkins Developers < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > on the occasion of the current effort to replace the term "master" I > learnt, that back in 2016 it had been decided to replace "slave" by "agent". > > This reminds me of that I am worried from time to time by the terms > "agent" and "node". > They seem to be synonyms - am I right? > If so, shouldn't "agent" be the preferred term, due to the decision of > 2016 and "node" be dropped? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/142ebe47-dbc5-4bf5-8bf1-96f69517983ao%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/142ebe47-dbc5-4bf5-8bf1-96f69517983ao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAG%3D_DusuDdKaGZ38V5SmUeM%2B5RPgnpas9-rzEy_GAwQeMZF1gA%40mail.gmail.com.
