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Overview

Self-hosted machines are servers, virtual machines, or cloud instances that you connect to the platform to execute workflows on your own infrastructure. They are organized into fleets, and any fleet you create can be selected as the execution target when running a workflow. Trickest supports the following machine types:
  • Virtual machines
  • Cloud instances
  • Bare-metal machines
  • macOS devices

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Creating a Self-Hosted Fleet

Navigate to Settings > Infrastructure > Fleet and open the Self-Hosted tab. Click Create Self-Hosted Fleet to create a new fleet. It is ready to have machines assigned to it immediately.

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Adding a Machine to a Fleet

Once a fleet exists, open it and click Add Machine to launch the machine connection wizard.
1

Name the machine

Enter a unique, recognizable name for the machine. This name identifies it within the fleet.
2

Copy the connection credentials

The wizard generates a Client ID and Client Secret for this machine, along with the commands to run on the target machine to install and start the Trickest Agent.
The Client ID and Client Secret are shown only once. Copy and store them securely before proceeding.
3

Run the agent on your machine

Execute the provided commands on your external machine. The agent will install, authenticate using the credentials, and establish a connection to the platform.
4

Confirm the connection

Once the agent is running, the machine appears as Active in the fleet. It is now available for workflow execution.
If you lose the Client ID or Client Secret, delete the machine entry and create a new one. There is no limit on how many times machines can be created or deleted.