ppanyukov/vsts-agent-auto repository overview

⁠Agents:

⁠1. vsts-agent

Base unconfigured agent Docker image on Centos 7.

NOTE that due to the VSTS auto-update feature these images are generally unsuitable for running in a daemonised mode. You probably want vsts-agent-d for this.

The git repo for agent: https://github.com/Microsoft/vsts-agent/⁠

Pre-built docker images: https://hub.docker.com/r/ppanyukov/vsts-agent-auto/tags/⁠

See vsts-agent.md⁠ for more detail.

⁠2. vsts-agent-d

This is the one you probably want to use if you want a good working agent.

Image is built on top of base vsts-agent to run in unattended mode on VMs and on clusters, with several features and enhancements required to support this.

Pre-built docker images: https://hub.docker.com/r/ppanyukov/vsts-agent-d/tags/⁠

Briefly:

• fully parameterised VSTS configuration (credentials, etc)

• supports daemonised and interactive modes of running

• graceful restarts in case of crashes (e.g. with docker run -d --restart=always)

• agent naming to aid identification in VSO pools

• agent naming to have predictable ordering in the pool

• correct handling of SIGTERM

• removal of agent registration from VSO on stop

• security features

• auto-update on start and restart

• can build and run docker images using host's docker daemon

For full docs see vsts-agent-d.md⁠

⁠3. vso-agent (aka xplat agent) - DEPRECATED

Base unconfigured agent Docker image on Centos 7.

The original cross-platform VSO agent (aka xplat agent, see https://github.com/Microsoft/vso-agent⁠)

Pre-built docker images: https://hub.docker.com/r/ppanyukov/vso-agent-auto/tags/⁠

Latest release: 0.6.5

The agent broadly works, although not without issues.

This agent is planned to be replaced with unifined VSTS agent (soon they say).

See xplat-agent.md⁠ for details.