Building an Agent Network

You can start to build out an agent network once you have established a connection between your SAGE Server and Node components.

Agent entities can be created within any active Node using the SAGE App, a Controller Application, or within a Behavior.

SAGE App - You can populate your existing Nodes with agents using the SAGE App. This is the manual way to configure your agent network with the proper Behaviors prior to executing your automation.

1. In the SAGE App, select the targeted Node name and click Create Agent.

2. Type in a name for your agent and click the OK button.

Controller Application - You can create agents using a Controller Application, such as Robot Framework. This method is a fast way to generate a large number of agents across any active Nodes.

1. In your robot file, connect the controller to the Server by using the keywords Start Sage and Connect to Sage Runtime.

2. Use the Create Agent keyword to populate a targeted Node name with an expected Agent name.

   Create Agent   nodeName1    newAgentName1
   Create Agent   nodeName1    newAgentName2
   Create Agent   nodeName2    newAgentName1
   

Behavior - Agents have the ability to spawn and configure other agent entities. This is a dynamic way to build your agent network to be more robust. This unique SAGE capability is supported by initializing agents within your SAGE Behavior code. This enables agents to create other agents.

1. In your Behavior file, use the CreateAgent method to populate a targeted Node name with an expected Agent name.

   createAgent("nodeName1", "newAgentName1");