Andrew Bayless wrote: > Hello, > > I have two quick questions about Jenkins slaves: > > 1) Is it possible to have Jenkins install a slave on a machine remotely ? > > 2) Is it possible to have a slave uninstall itself ?
Neither installation nor uninstallation is necessary in many cases as long as a JVM capable of running the slave exists on the system. I have Jenkins run a slave via SSH and it copies the JAR automatically and runs it with no installation step necessary. For more details: <URL:https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Distributed+builds#Distributedbuilds-Differentwaysofstartingslaveagents> -- Jonathan Rogers
