To launch the slave via SSH, follow these steps:
- When you choose the Launch slave agents via SSH option, you are presented with options, as shown in the following screenshot.
- The Host field is where you can define the IP address or the hostname of the Jenkins slave machine.
- The Credentials field allows you to choose the relevant credentials saved inside Jenkins to authenticate the Jenkins slave. To create a new credential, click on the Add button beside the Credentials field (create a credential of the Kind: Username with password):
Configure Launch slave agent via SSH properties
The user that you use to ...