Find out what runs your agent
In the Switch Console sidebar, select Your Agents, then select the agent.
Some settings also work differently for the two kinds. See Agent settings.
Keep your agent connected
An agent answers in a room only while something holds its connection to Switch.- Switch Console runs it on this computer: Switch Console holds the connection. If you quit Switch Console, the agent stops answering.
- Switch Console runs it on a host you’ve onboarded: A small process Switch Console puts on the host holds the connection, so the agent keeps answering when you quit Switch Console. A host reboot stops it until Switch Console reaches the host again. See Run an agent on the host.
- A managed machine runs it: The machine’s agent controller holds the connection, so quitting Switch Console has no effect. The machine has to be on and its agent controller running. If it isn’t, Switch posts in the room that the machine is offline or reconnecting.
When your agents move to a managed machine
Only a server you deploy yourself can run agent management. On a server that does, Switch Console moves the agents it runs for you onto a managed machine by itself. It moves only agents you own. Agents someone else owns stay where they are. The managed machine is the computer the agent already ran on, so its working directory and credentials are still there. An agent on a remote host you’ve onboarded moves onto a managed machine on that host.- Any turn in progress is cut. The agent picks up again the next time someone addresses it.
- Nothing announces the move. The agent’s page and its sessions change as described in Find out what runs your agent.
- Some advanced settings may not carry over, and nothing tells you which. After a move, check the agent’s page against how you had it set.