Managing Replicas

Runners are composed of one or more Replicas. To view the Replicas of a Runner, go to the Runners page and select the Runner you want to view. The Replicas tab will show you the list of Replicas for that Runner.

For more details on the concept of Replicas and Runners, read through the Concepts & Architecture.

Adding Replicas

Ephemeral vs Persistent Replicas

Replicas can only be added via the GUI or API on an ad-hoc basis if the Runner is configured to not treat its Replicas as Ephemeral. More details on this are explained in the Ephemeral vs. Persistent Replicas section.

To add a Replica to a Runner, go to the Replicas tab of the Runner and click on the Add Replica button:

This will open a popup that provides the various methods for downloading the Replica package:

Follow the instructions in the popup, or for more details see the Creating Runners section.

Removing Replicas

Ephemeral vs Persistent Replicas

Replicas can only be deleted via the GUI or API on an ad-hoc basis if the Runner is configured to not treat its Replicas as Ephemeral. More details on this are explained in the Ephemeral vs. Persistent Replicas section.

To remove a Replica from a Runner, go to the Replicas tab of the Runner and click on the Actions dropdown. Click on Delete and then click on Ok to confirm the deletion.