Clients¶
To interact with your target device from a development machine or an automated
CI pipeline, Jumpstarter uses a client
. The client can be used either as
a library through a testing tool such as pytest
or through the Jumpstarter CLI.
Local Client¶
When testing with hardware physically connected to your local machine or developing new drivers, it is recommended to use the local Jumpstarter client. This client be automatically used along with a transient exporter instance when using the Jumpstarter Shell.
Remote Clients¶
When connecting to hardware that is not physically connected to your local machine, requests must be passed through a proxy server. Remote clients must be configured with an endpoint and authentication token so they can communicate with the server. To learn more about managing clients, see Manage Clients.
We will discuss how remote clients connect to exporters in the next section on the Jumpstarter Service.