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To configure a new agent-specific JDK capability,

  1. Click the 'Administration' link in the top navigation bar.
  2. Click the 'Agents' link in the left navigation column.
  3. The 'Agents' page will be displayed, showing lists of all Local Agents and Remote Agents in your Bamboo system.
  4. Click on the name of the agent for which you wish to configure a new JDK capability.
  5. The 'Agent Capabilities' screen will be displayed, showing a list of shared capabilities and agent-specific capabilities for your chosen agent. Click the 'Add Capability' link in the top-right of the 'Agent-Specific Capabilities' section.
  6. The 'Add Capability' page will be displayed (see screenshot below).
  7. Set the 'Capability Type' field to 'JDK'.
  8. In the 'Label' field, type the name that you wish to appear in the 'Build JDK' drop-down list when a plan is configured.
  9. In the 'Java Home' field, type the location of the JDK Home Directory.
  10. Click the 'Add' button. This will verify whether the JDK and Path you have specified are valid. If they are not, re-enter the values and then click the 'Add' button again.

If you want to indicate that an agent is capable of running builds for a set of related JDKs (e.g. all point versions of JDK 1.5), you set up generic JDK capabilities to encompass these JDKs.
For example, you can set up the following JDK capabilities for your Bamboo agent(s):

  • JDK (where Label='JDK' and Java Home='/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07') — this JDK capability indicates that an agent(s) is capable of running builds with any JDK requirement.
  • JDK 1.5 (where Label='JDK 1.5' and Java Home='/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07') — this JDK capability indicates that an agent(s) is capable of running builds with a JDK 1.5 requirement or any point version of JDK 1.5, e.g. 1.5.0_07, 1.5.0_08, etc.
  • JDK 1.5.0_07 (where Label='JDK 1.5.0_07' and Java Home='/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07') — this JDK capability indicates that an agent(s) is only capable of running builds with a JDK 1.5.0_07 requirement.

(If you have set up redundant JDK capabilities, you can view the list of JDK capabilities set up in Bamboo and delete any unwanted JDK capabilities.)

Screenshot: 'Add Capability — JDK'