[Anthill-pro] Can we set our own agent.id property?

[Ryan Smith]

No, it does not.


Peter Steele wrote:
> BTW, does Anthill support environment variables in the properties file?
> For example, could we use a generic line such as
>
> locked/agent.id=${HOSTNAME}
>
> assuming HOSTNAME is an defined environment variable?
>
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> [mailto:anthill-pro-bounces at lists.urbancode.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Smith
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> Subject: Re: [Anthill-pro] Can we set our own agent.id property?
>
> Peter,
>
> Yes you can set it. It is best to set it during the installation or just
>
> after installation and before first starting the agent. We only ask that
>
> you make it unique.
>
> Change the id of an existing agent will make it appear as if a new agent
>
> is installed and the old one will not be usable.
>
>
> Ryan
>
> Peter Steele wrote:
>   
>> When a new agent is installed the field agent.id in the 
>> agent.properties file is auto-generated as a unique key, e.g.
>>
>> locked/agent.id=emNqOTBqM2F6M3oweHlzdjQ1Nj
>>
>> Can we set this field ourselves? More specifically, after installing 
>> an agent and before starting it for the first time, can we set this 
>> field to
>>
>> locked/agent.id=<hostname>
>>
>> where <hostname> is the name of the machine where this agent is 
>> installed. The reasons we need to do this are long and complex and I 
>> won't elaborate here, at least for now. I've done some simple tests 
>> and Anthill doesn't seem to mind if we set this property manually. I'd
>>     
>
>   
>> like some verification though from the experts whether this is safe to
>>     
>
>   
>> do. Thanks.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
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