After an agent is installed, you can manage (with the monitor
process) many of its features from the IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy web
application.
We characterize an agent as a single process, but technically an agent consists of two
processes: a worker process and a monitor process. Worker processes do the
actual work of deployment, such as handling plug-in steps. Monitor processes manage the worker
process, such as handling restarts, upgrades, and tests. Agent properties can be changed directly by
editing the agent's conf/agent/installed.properties file and restarting the
agent.Note: Agents can access Windows shared drives. Drives are mapped on a per-user basis, you can
check if the agent has the drive mapped with fsutil fsinfo drives.
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Display the Agents pane ().
- Click an action link for the agent.
Actions
are described in the following table.
Table 1. Agent
management
| Action |
Description |
| Edit |
This option edits the agent's description. |
| Restart |
This option shuts down and restarts the agent. While the agent
is shut down, its status is Offline. |
| Upgrade |
This option shuts down the agent and applies the upgrade. While
the agent is shut down, its status is Offline. After
the upgrade is applied, the agent is restarted. |
| Test |
This option runs an agent settings and connection test. Test
results are displayed in the Connection Test dialog. |
| Delete |
Removes the agent. |