You can test the connection to the agent by using telnet.
To test the connection from the command line:
telnet hostname 5555This response indicates a successful connection:
200 HELLO - BuildForge Agent v7.0.1.buildnumber
telnet localhost 5555 username user name password password cmd ping go
The following message indicates success:
AUTH: set user account to <user name>
200 HELLO - BuildForge Agent v7.1.0.0-0-0241 username bgreen password rtc4fun cmd ping go 320 AUTH AuthOk["bgreen"] 320 SET EnvSet["BF_AGENT_VERSION","7.1.0.0-0-0241"] 320 SET EnvSet["BF_AGENT_PLATFORM","os/390 19.00 03"] 320 EXEC Locale["C"] 320 PTY Pty[*PtyPipe] 320 EXEC Locale["C"] 320 EXEC ExecShellPath["/bin/sh"] 300 HEARTBEAT 1 310 PLAT os/390 19.00 03 320 PING PingOk 251 RESULT 0 260 EOR