Thanks Jerome and Slide. Seems like SSH on Windows is the new way to go (it 
feels so strange to say these words, "ssh on Windows"...) !
Thanks

Le lundi 23 novembre 2020 à 18:22:19 UTC+1, slide a écrit :

> I would highly recommend switching to using SSH for Windows agents. The 
> Win32-OpenSSH implementation from MS is supported from Windows 7 on (though 
> Windows 7 is EOL). This makes it easier to maintain your agents because 
> both the Windows and Linux agents are using the same mechanism. I've been 
> meaning to write a blog post about this, but haven't had the time to. I 
> switched all of my agents over to SSH last year and it has been working 
> very well for me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 7:12 AM Jérôme Godbout <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, 
>>
>>  
>>
>> if you are using Windows 10 for your slave, just enable the Windows 
>> Features for OpenSSH client and server. This would make it just like a 
>> Linux node. Make sure to put your Java install into a path without spaces 
>> (I think the fix is in the pipeline depending of the Jenkins version you 
>> have).
>>
>> That make it easier as it do just like linux to log in and seem more safe 
>> to me, you just put the credentials into the Jenkins master for the ssh key.
>>
>>  
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On 
>> Behalf Of *Francois Marot
>> *Sent:* November 23, 2020 6:24 AM
>> *To:* Jenkins Users <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Recommended way to setup a windows agent nowadays ?
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hello Jenkins users,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'm in the process of upgrading my Jenkins installation. My Jenkins Linux 
>> master has been updated with the latest LTS but not the agents for the 
>> moment.
>>
>> I'm wondering how to update the Windows agents.
>>
>> For exemple: one outputs the following logs:
>> > "WARNING: Remoting version is older than a minimum required one (3.14). 
>> Connection will not be rejected, but the compatibility is NOT guaranteed"
>>
>>  
>>
>> I think it was configured with JavaWebStart and runs as a service but I 
>> also think that Java Web Start is more or less deprecated in Java 8+.
>>
>> On the other hand, configuring with the other way (WMI I think) leads to 
>> the following help message in Jenkins master:
>> > " This launch method relies on DCOM and is often associated with subtle 
>> problems 
>> <https://github.com/jenkinsci/windows-slaves-plugin/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.adoc>.
>>  
>> Consider using *Launch agents using Java Web Start* instead "
>>
>>  
>>
>> So my question is: what is the preffered way to setup a *windows* agent 
>> connected to a Linux master nowadays ? Isn't JNLP deprecated ? Is there an 
>> up to date definitive doc ?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks
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