Refer to https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Distributed+builds#Distributedbuilds-Howdoesthiswork? for a description of the "master" and "agent" and an explanation of the terminology.
If you want more history (and side trips in the concepts), refer to http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/What-is-a-permanent-agent-or-slave-server-when-discussing-Jenkins-td4835236.html Mark Waite On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 2:32 PM bharat gade <[email protected]> wrote: > I am no getting about why we are selecting a Permanent Agent ? any reason? > and Description about 'Permanent Agent' in jenkins , I am not getting > it. Please help on this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" 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-users/6df16512-233a-47dd-abc0-d7bc221010f5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/6df16512-233a-47dd-abc0-d7bc221010f5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" 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-users/CAO49JtGQ07hkOYEXHbicJhqn2h4eqzpd6-jGQ%3DP%2BWi_yvBuriQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
