Defining the Kubernetes (K8s) Agent

Define the K8s agent, defining K8s agents

The K8s Agent establishes the connection between the Automation Engine and the Kubernetes solution on which your K8s jobs run. The Agent starts the execution of these jobs and makes both their monitoring and the corresponding reporting possible.

The K8s Agent does not require any K8s-specific definition. You can define the Agent using the pages that are common to all Agents.

Common Definition Pages

Optionally, you can also specify additional parameters on the object definition pages that are common to all Agents, namely:

  • General

    On this page you can assign the Agent a title, which is an alternative way to name it. You can also apply custom values (archive keys) that you can later use for filtering, and you specify certain reporting settings.

  • Authorizations

    On this page you can fine-tune the Agent's access and function rights at object level.

    Important!

    It is recommended to implement your user management policy at User Group level rather than at User or object level (Agents are also objects in Automic Automation). Read the User Management topics in the Automic Automation product documentation carefully before granting/removing rights at object level.

  • Agent

    Attributes Section - Trusted IPs

    If the communication with the Agent runs with encryption, you can specify the IP addresses from which the Agent accepts non-encrypted connections. They must be separated by semicolons.

    Releasing individual IP addresses is only reasonable if login attempts of former Agent versions should be rejected.

    Service Manager Section

    These properties are necessary for the connection between the Agent and the Service Manager, an external monitoring tool that allows you to start and stop the Automation Engine and its components.

    The Service Manager comes with a proprietary user interface. If you want to use the AWI instead, you can do so provided you enter the necessary information.

    For more information, see Agents (HOST).

  • Documentation

    On this page you enter the information you consider important to understand the configuration and behavior of the object. By default, this page allows you to enter unstructured documentation. Automic Automation system administrators can configure how many documentation pages will be displayed and whether they can contain unstructured or structured documentation.

For more information, see the Automic Automation documentation at:

Once the Agent definition is done, you must authenticate the Agent, otherwise, you will not be able to start it. For more information, see Agent Authentication in the Automic Automation documentation.

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