Ubero Agent v0.7 Release Notes

• Release changes
• Upgrading from a previous version
• How to use some of the new features

Release changes

• Better cooperation with firewalls (runs over port 80 now)
• 90+% less bandwidth is used when submitting results
• New "Statistics" tab to give you up-to-the minute stats form the agent's user interface
• Ability to pause the agent and resume where it left off
• Ability to set how hard the CPU works on assignments. You can lower it if you need more CPU power for your own applications while running Ubero.
• Ability to update information about the agent from a new "Settings" interface
• Ability to monitor your agent from a web browser, like http://localhost:8122 if you are on the computer that is running the agent
• Better remote management and error logging for Ubero administrators
• Ability to run the agent in text-only mode, which runs faster and consumers less RAM. However, you must first register the agent via the GUI but once registered it can run from a DOS window or a UNIX console.
• Ability to run the agent in hidden mode so it doesn't clutter up the Windows task bar
• New IntallAnywhere 4.5 installer that supports native Mac OS X installs and a new "Check for update" feature that will download and install new versions of Ubero when they become available
• More stats get logged on the server that will allow us to provide more stats reporting
• Improved handling of when there is no work available to process, including a visual ticker as to when the next attempt to request work will be
• Various bugs and system stability and performance improved upon

Upgrading from a previous version

If you do not remove your previous version you may have problems connecting to the server. That's because this new version works against a different server than previous versions and some old settings from the previous version may be causing it to try to reach the wrong server.

How to use some of the new features

Running the agent in text mode

1. From a command-line or batch file use the "-text" startup parameter like
   java -cp Agent.jar ubero.agent.Agent -text
   

2. Edit the "agent.cfg" file and change the "Skin: " setting to "ubero.agent.AgentConsoleSkin" like so:
   Skin: ubero.agent.AgentConsoleSkin
   and run Ubero like you normally would and it will always start in text mode. To change it back to see a GUI set it back to
   Skin: ubero.agent.AgentStandardSkin

Running the agent hidden and bringing it visible again

1. In the "Settings" dialog check the "Start the agent with the GUI hidden" on

2. In the "agent.cfg" file set the "Start-Hidden" field to true like this
   Start-Hidden: true

3. From a command-line or batch file use the "-hidden" parameter like
   java -cp Agent.jar ubero.agent.Agent -hidden

4. From the "Agent" menu click on the "Hidden" menu item. This will hide the agent but if the agent restarts it won't restart as hidden unless you use 1 of the 3 methods described above