/hudson-war/src/main/webapp/help/system-config/master-slave/availability.html

 1<div>
 2    Controls when Hudson starts and stops the slave.
 3
 4    <dl>
 5        <dt><b>
 6            Keep this slave on-line as much as possible
 7        </b></dt>
 8        <dd>
 9            This is the default and normal setting.
10            In this mode, Hudson uses tries to keep the slave on-line.
11            If Hudson can start the slave without user assistance, it will periodically
12            attempt to restart the slave if it is unavailable.
13            Hudson will not take the slave off-line.
14        </dd>
15
16        <dt><b>
17            Take this slave on-line and off-line at specific times
18        </b></dt>
19        <dd>
20            In this mode, Hudson will keep the slave on-line according to the configured schedule.
21            If Hudson can start the slave without user assistance, it will periodically
22            attempt to start the slave if it is unavailable during an on-line window.
23
24            During an off-line window, the slave will only be taken off-line if there are no active
25            jobs running on the slave.
26        </dd>
27
28        <dt><b>
29            Take this slave on-line when in demand and off-line when idle
30        </b></dt>
31        <dd>
32            In this mode, if Hudson can launch the slave without user assistance, it will periodically
33            attempt to launch the slave while there are unexecuted jobs which meet the following criteria:
34            <ul>
35                <li>They have been in the queue for at least the specified startup demand period</li>
36                <li>They can execute on this slave</li>
37            </ul>
38
39            The slave will be taken off-line if:
40            <ul>
41                <li>There are no active jobs running on the slave</li>
42                <li>The slave has been idle for at least the specified idle period</li>
43            </ul>
44        </dd>
45    </dl>
46</div>