Setting agent labels via the Woodpecker UI?

[kastl-ars]

Dear all,

I found that one can add labels to agents, to influence which workflows are running on which agents.

• https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/administration/configuration/agent#agent_labels
• https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/workflow-syntax#labels

However, it seems I can only add those labels during agent installation (helm chart, etc.), but cannot modify them using the Woodpecker UI?

I take it this is on purpose, as setting this from the UI would require some kind of permission and transfer from the UI to the agent.

They are being displayed, as soon as user-defined labels are being set. (An agent without user-defined labels does not show that it does not have such labels.)

Kind Regards,
Johannes

[qwerty287]

Yes, this is on purpose for the following reasons:

1. As you say, this requires additional communication from server to agent. Nothing impossible to add but it probably adds quite many lines of code.
2. It would split the configuration of the agent, you would have both env vars and the config added on the server. This is quite fragile in terms of inconsistencies in the configuration.

[kastl-ars]

Thanks, then I was not just to confused to find this. Makes sense and I agree keeping things in a single place is a good idea.