If you want to be able to add slaves without configuring them first on the master, you can use the swarm slave plugin.
2013/1/11 Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Brian J. Murrell <br...@interlinx.bc.ca> > wrote: > >> > >> Fixed by going to Manage Jenkins -> Configure Global Security, and > under Project-based Matrix Authorization Strategy I had to enable > “connect” in the “slave” section, for user “Anonymous”. > > > > IIUC, that's going to leave your Jenkins server open to allowing any > > random (i.e. blackhat) slave to connect, accept a build job and submit a > > build result with a trojan inserted. > > > > So not really an acceptable solution, or even work-around. > > Doesn't the connecting node name already have to be configured in > jenkins - and not already connected? I'd actually like the ability > to add new anonymous-but-labeled nodes on demand but didn't think it > was possible. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > -- Kohsuke Kawaguchi