can you just tell me how i can run master and slave on the same machine i have install and run a master and i cant make the slave join it gives error "file avaliable " thanks in advance
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 4:26:03 PM UTC+2, Mark Waite wrote: > > The simplest answer to your "Can I run master and slave on the same > machine" is "Yes". The challenging part of the question is "Why?" > > The subject line seems to hint that you are considering running a master > and a slave on the same machine. It certainly can be done. Whether it > should be done depends on your reason for wanting to use a slave. > > The Jenkins master can run multiple jobs in parallel so long as you allow > have enough executors defined on the master node to host your parallel > jobs. If the master machine has enough compute power to perform all the > parallel jobs, then executing all the jobs on the master node is simpler > because it is easier to administer one machine (the master) than two > machines (the master and the slave). > > If the master machine does not have enough compute power to perform all > the parallel jobs, then additional computers can be added as slave nodes to > add compute power. > > Another use of master and slave is when different configurations are > needed. For example, I have a master node that is 64 bit Linux and slave > nodes for 32 bit Linux, 32 bit Windows, and 64 bit Windows. I couldn't run > that configuration without master and slave setups. > > I believe others have used a slave configuration to create a separate > configuration even on the same machine. That is not a technique I've used, > but I've considered it, possibly using a slave running in a chroot > environment on a Linux machine to simulate a different configuration > without actually running on a different machine. > > It is also possible to run a master and a slave on the same machine simply > by configuring the slave node to use a different home directory than the > master node. I'm not sure why you would do that, but it can be done. > > Mark Waite > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Varghese Renny <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:53 PM > *Subject:* Can i run master and slave on same machine > > > I have a doubt regarding, if multipe jobs are there ,is it better to > distribute build on slave or > do it on master itself? > if i can do master and slave? how can i implement 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/0d3efd72-eed1-4a0f-8827-21b498374822%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
