How do I get a remote agent to send its name to the bamboo host

Question

We are deploying a set of remote agents, but they appear in the Agents page as their hostname. is there a way (maybe the bamboo-capabilties.properties file) for the remote agent to set a more friendly name (such as 'QA Build host engine 2')?

Nigel Longton1 · Answer

A problem with pre-creating the file ahead of running the bamboo is that bamboo no longer works out the build directory - is just crashes reporting that there wasnt one. It seems the only field that the agent sets is the agent identifier.

Przemek Bruski · Answer

Yes, that's what I've meant by a partially filled-in file.

Of course, you can also use the Edit link on the agent page to rename the agent.

Nigel Longton1 · Answer

The file is only created after bamboo is started for the first time, so editing it post install is not possible. If a file with only the following in is created, will bamboo fill in the rest? my-agent-name