Configuring a macOS Machine as a Jenkins Node: A Step-by-Step Guide
This article walks you through the process of setting up a macOS machine as a Jenkins node, unlocking the ability to distribute tasks seamlessly and enhance your CI/CD workflows. Follow the steps outlined here to establish a connection between your Jenkins master and macOS node, enabling efficient job execution and resource utilization. Let’s dive into the world of distributed builds on macOS!
Setting Up a New Node in Jenkins:
Step 1: Open the Jenkins Dashboard
Step 2: Goto Dashboard>Manage Jenkins >System Configuration >Nodes
Step 3: Click on “+New Node” button
Step 4: Enter the Node Name
Step 5: Choose the “Permanent Agent” option under “Type.”
Step 6: Click on “Create”
Step 7: Provide Node Information.
- Description: Add a descriptive name for the node.
- Remote Directory: Specify the location on the remote machine where Jenkins will perform builds.
- Labels: Assign a label to identify the agent in pipeline scripts.
- Usage: Choose Use this node as much as possible.(You can change usage as per your needs
Step 8: In the “Launch Method” section, choose “Launch agent via SSH” from the dropdown menu.
Step 9: In Host enter the Host IP address.
Step 10: If you have Host machine credentials saved in Jenkins then select the credentials from Dropdown and goto Step 14 directly
Step 11: If the credentials are not saved in Jenkins then you can click on the Add button below the credentials
Step 12: Provide User Information.
- Username: Username of the Node machine.
- Password: Password of the Node machine.
- Scope: Scope of the credentials visibility. Go with the default option
- Description: User description
- ID: Usually left blank as Jenkins will assign a value. If explicitly you have provided one then make sure to use it in jobs create
Step 13: Click on Add. Now the User will come under the Credentials drop-down in Step 10.
Step 14:In Host Verification Strategy select “Non verifying Verification Strategy” from drop-down
Step 15: In Availability select “Keep this agent online as much as possible” from drop-down
Step 16: Click on “Save”
Step 17: In the Node listing page you will see the new node added
Step 18: Open the newly created node(Click on the node Name)
Step 19: Click on Log
Step 20:In Log you can see “Agent successfully connected and online”
To set up your Mac machine for remote access, you can refer to this article for detailed instructions.
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