Can't create Jenkins agent

Question

Trying to set up a Jenkins agent.

When I go to Manage Nodes > New Node

I only have the option to create a "Permanent Agent". Can someone shed some light on this please?

Answer 1

Starting the Jenkins v2. You have to use permanent agents instead of slaves. I haven't used it myself and only saw the documentation link about new slave to master access policy. But I guess it is the article you are looking for.

Edit: The policy link is actually posted on Jul 06, 2015 and is not related to the slave/agent issue. Seems like slaves were renamed to agents starting the v2. I'm keeping the first link because it is still useful.