Installing CloudBees Flow on Traditional Platforms

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This section describes the methods for installing CloudBees Flow in a new environment for on-premise installations. To upgrade CloudBees Flow Automation Platform or CloudBees Flow, see Roadmap to upgrade cloudBees flow .

The following situation might occur when the workspace files are in a directory other than the default workspace directory and the CloudBees Flow configuration links to it. When you install a new version, CloudBees Flow creates a workspace directory in the default location. It does not recognize the preconfigured workspace link in the previous configuration. When configuring CloudBees Flow after an upgrade, you cannot use ecconfigure to move the workspace directory to the preconfigured network location. You must manually specify the link to the workspace directory in the new configuration.

Not all combinations of server version and agent version are supported. This is because of an incompatibility involving ectool/Perl API communication with the CloudBees Flow server and a Diffie-Hellman key size incompatibility. For details, see Server and agent compatibility .

Although the CloudBees Flow installer is in $INSTALL_DIRECTORY/src, do not launch it from there.

CloudBees Flow Installer Files

The following installer files are available for the Windows and Linux platforms.

Type Platform What the Installer Does Filename

Pseudo 64-bit full

Windows

Installs all components, including the CloudBees Flow server, built-in database, web server, repository server, agents, and CloudBees Flow tools.

The Pseudo 64-bit agent is installed.

CloudBeesFlow-<version>.exe

Example: CloudBeesFlow-8.5.0.12345.exe

Pure 64-bit full

Linux

Installs all components, including the CloudBees Flow server, web server, repository server, agents, and CloudBees Flow tools.

The Pure 64-bit agent is installed.

Has an option for installation by a non-root user or a user without sudo privileges.

CloudBeesFlow-x64-<version>

Example: CloudBeesFlow-x64-8.5.0.12345

32-bit agent only

Windows

Installs the 32-bit agent.

CloudBeesFlowAgent-x86-<version>.exe

Example: CloudBeesFlowAgent-x86-8.5.0.12345.exe

32-bit agent only

Linux

Installs the 32-bit agent.

Has an option for installation by a non-root user or a user without sudo privileges.

CloudBeesFlowAgent-x86-<version>

Example: CloudBeesFlowAgent-x86-8.5.0.12345

Pseudo 64-bit agent only

Windows

Installs the Pseudo 64-bit agent.

CloudBeesFlowAgent-x64-<version>.exe

Example: CloudBeesFlowAgent-x64-8.5.0.12345.exe

Pure 64-bit agent only

Linux

Installs the Pure 64-bit agent.

Has an option for installation by a non-root user or a user without sudo privileges.

CloudBeesFlowAgent-x64-<version>

Example: CloudBeesFlowAgent-x64-8.5.0.12345

Pure 64-bit DevOps Insight

Windows and Linux

Installs CloudBees Flow DevOps Insight.

Has an option for installation by a non-root user or a user without sudo privileges.

CloudBeesFlowDevOpsInsightServer-x64-<version>

Example: CloudBeesFlowDevOpsInsightServer-x64-8.5.0.132129

Pure 64-bit DevOps Foresight

Windows and Linux

Installs CloudBees Flow DevOps Foresight.

Requires installation by root or a user with sudo privileges.

CloudBeesFlowDevOpsForesightServer-x64-<version>

Example: CloudBeesFlowDevOpsForesightServer-x64-8.5.0.132129