The Inedo Agent is a lightweight Windows service that allows a server to be orchestrated using a connected instance of BuildMaster, Hedgehog, or Otter. Orchestration includes:

• File system access - ability to read and write files/directories
• Remote code execution - methods in .NET assemblies can be invoked in a remote context
• Remote process execution - executables can be launched with output streamed back

General Architecture

The Inedo Agent follows a standard client-server architecture, although the terminology may seem a bit counterintuitive at first, because the Inedo Agent is actually operating as a server: it services multiple requests simultaneously from one or more clients.

BuildMaster and Otter products are the clients; using their service and web application, the products connect to an Inedo Agent installed on a server.