Running the Agent in Command Line Mode (DAI Run Agent)

You can configure and run the DAI Run Agent from the command line, without the user interface.

1. From the command prompt, navigate to the agent directory. For example:

   • For Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\eggplantDAIRunAgent\
   • For Mac: /Applications
   • For Linux: (The path in which your eggplantDAIRunAgent executable is extracted to)

2. Run the agent executable, and add the appropriate arguments:

   • For Windows: eggplantDAIRunAgent.exe [arguments]
   • For Mac: ./eggplantDAIRunAgent [arguments]
   • For Linux: ./eggplantDAIRunAgent [arguments]

Simple example of Running the DAI Run Agent

If you provide the DAI Run Agent the path to the downloaded .ini file. (How to create a DAI Environment). In a bash shell terminal on a Mac Or Linux-based system, if EPF's GUI is not required, you can launch the DAI Run Agent with these arguments:

Mac/Linux:

./eggplantDAIRunAgent --ini-file "my envs/my_env.ini"

You must wrap the file path in quotes if it contains spaces.

Windows:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\eggplantDAIRunAgent\eggplantDAIRunAgent.exe” --ini-file "C:\Users\{user}\my_env.ini"

Command-Line Arguments

For a full list of command-line arguments, how to use them, and what they do, you can the launch the DAI Run Agent with the --help flag.

Windows:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\eggplantDAIRunAgent\eggplantDAIRunAgent.exe" --help

Mac/Linux:

./eggplantDAIRunAgent --help

The following is a list of the supported command-line arguments and their corresponding environment variables.

Arguments	Environment Variables	Description
--ini-file FILE	DAI_AGENT_INI_FILE	The location of the environment settings (.ini) file downloaded from the DAI server. The (.ini) file is only created during loading the downloaded ini file. Default: Windows: C:\Users\{user}\.eggplantDAI.ini (It is marked as hidden.) Mac: ~/.eggplantDAI.ini Linux: ~/.eggplantDAI.ini
--host-url TEXT	DAI_HOST_URL	The Eggplant DAI server that you connect to, e.g. https://server.company.com. This maps to host_url in your environment settings (.ini) file. Use this parameter in conjunction with --env-id to select the appropriate section of the environment settings (.ini) file. If not specified, uses the first section in the .ini file.
--env-id INTEGER	DAI_EXEC_ENV_ID	The ID of the execution environment on the DAI server. Use this parameter in conjunction with --host-url to select the appropriate section of the environment settings (.ini) file. If not specified, uses the first section in the .ini file.
--suite-root DIRECTORY	EGGDRIVE_SUITE_ROOT	The folder used to store downloaded suites. Eggplant Functional suites will be uploaded and downloaded as subfolders of the specified root folder. Default: Windows: C:\ProgramData\Eggplant\agent\Suites Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/agent/suites Linux: ~/.local/share/agent/suites
--gui [True|False]		Specifies whether or not to display the Eggplant Functional UI. Default: False
--drive-port INTEGER	EGGDRIVE_PORT	The port Eggplant Functional will use to listen for eggDrive commands. If not specified, it will use a randomly assigned free port.
--epf FILE	EGGDRIVE_EXEC	The location of Eggplant Functional runscript file. The runscript file is for running Eggplant Functional from the command line. Default: Windows: C:\Program Files\Eggplant\Eggplant.app\runscript.exe Mac: /Applications/Eggplant.app/Contents/MacOS/runscript Linux: /usr/local/bin/runscript
--log-level [INFO|DEBUG|TRACE]		The logging level. INFO: basic messsaging to confirm that things are working as expected. DEBUG: provides more detailed messaging typically for when diagnosing problems. TRACE: shows logs of all levels. Default: DEBUG
--log-folder DIRECTORY	DAI_AGENT_LOG_FOLDER	The folder used to store log files. Default: Windows: C:\ProgramData\Eggplant\agent\logs Mac: ~/Library/Logs/agent Linux: ~/.cache/agent/log
--licenser-host TEXT		[Optional] An extra EPF argument to specify Licenser Host.
--version		Show the version
--help		Show the help message and exit.

Other Examples for the DAI Run Agent

Following are examples of how to run the DAI Run Agent on different operating systems with more verbose, but optional, arguments. The previous table lists all available arguments for the DAI Run Agent. In case your .ini file contains more than one environment section you must provide --host-url and --env-id.

Windows:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\eggplantDAIRunAgent\eggplantDAIRunAgent.exe” --ini-file "C:\Users\{user}\my_env.ini" --log-level INFO --drive-port 5401

“C:\Program Files (x86)\eggplantDAIRunAgent\eggplantDAIRunAgent.exe” --ini-file "C:\Users\{user}\my_env.ini" --host-url https://server.company.com --env-id 1

Mac/Linux:

./eggplantDAIRunAgent --ini-file envs/my_env.ini --log-level INFO --drive-port 5401

./eggplantDAIRunAgent --ini-file envs/my_env.ini --host-url https://server.company.com --env-id 1

Eggplant Functional Stop and Restart Settings for Test Configuration Runs

When running a test configuration, you can configure the length of time to run Eggplant Functional (EPF) before restarting or the grace periods for poll-time stopping and restarting with the following environment variables. See Eggplant Functional Stop and Restart Settings for Test Configuration Runs for details.

Environment Variables	Default	Description
RESTART_EPF_AFTER_SECONDS	1800	The period from when EPF launches until the next EPF restart. This variable takes effect after the current step finishes and before moving to the next. It only applies to test configuration runs with the DAI Run Agent. During live runs, EPF runs continuously without restarting. Default: 30 minutes.
EPF_QUIT_POLL_TIME_SECONDS	20	The grace period for EPF to quit during the restart process.
EPF_RESTART_POLL_TIME_SECONDS	120	The grace period for EPF to start up after having quit. EPF_RESTART_POLL_TIME_SECONDS does not include EPF_QUIT_POLL_TIME_SECONDS.