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main summit Nov 8, 2022, 8:44 AM

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Hi and thanks for the kind words! There is a short answer and a longer answer 🙂

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Short answer: yes Dagger has a client-server architecture, and yes remote workers will be possible. But the architecture for this is still in flux, which is why it is not broadly documented.

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Longer answer: see https://github.com/dagger/dagger/issues/3595

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Explain the engine architecture · Issue #3595 · dagger/dagger

Problem In the documentation, we talk about the Dagger Engine in these terms: Using the SDK, your program opens a new session to a Dagger Engine: either by connecting to an existing engine, or by p...

young delta Nov 8, 2022, 9:15 AM

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Aha, excellent! Glad to hear that it wasn't just my doc-reading skills that could use a touch-up..

To elaborate, our use-case for having remote build-agents is to make deployments to high-security environments easier. Glad to hear that there will be an option for running the server remotely. I'll have a look at the issue you linked me since I'm curious!

Keep up the great work, I will advocate stronly for adopting Dagger going forward, as it beats our current CI/CD "tooling" by a mile!

main summit Nov 8, 2022, 9:23 AM

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That's great to hear, thank you! Any question or feedback you have at any time, let us know. It's the best part of the job.

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