VSTS change agent state from offline to online after installing it

Question

i'm facing a problem with VSTS agent state is offline i installed the agent through cmd under the right pool and downloaded after that but it still offline any help please ?

Answer 1

If the build agent is running as interactive mode, you need to start agent by running run.cmd file:

1. Open Command line as administrator
2. Run run.cmd file (under agent folder)

If the build agent is running as service, you can check whether the related service is running in Services.