Are you running out of Jenkins executors or stuck waiting for queued jobs for your Jenkins Windows jobs? If so, you need to set up more Jenkins agents.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add a Jenkins agent Windows node to support an ever-growing resource need in your software build environment!

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• What are Jenkins Agents and the Jenkins Agent Controller?
• Preventing the Controller Master Node from Running Jobs
• Setting the TCP Port for Inbound Agents
• Create a New Jenkins Agent Node on the Jenkins Controller
• Next Steps

Prerequisites

To follow along with this article, you will need the following.

• Working installation of a Jenkins controller installation equal to or greater than 2.176.1, and in this article, the controller is referred to as the master node.
• Any supported Windows OS installation which will be referred to as the Jenkins agent node.

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