You plan to provision a self-hosted Linux agent. Which authentication mechanism should you use to register the self-hosted agent?

The correct answer is A. personal access token (PAT). Note: PAT Supported only on Azure Pipelines and TFS 2017 and newer. After you choose PAT, paste the PAT token you created into the command prompt window. Use a personal access token (PAT) if your Azure DevOps Server or TFS instance and the agent machine are not in a trusted domai

Submitted by renata2k· Mar 6, 2026Design and implement build and release pipelines

Question

You plan to provision a self-hosted Linux agent. Which authentication mechanism should you use to register the self-hosted agent?

Options

Apersonal access token (PAT)
BSSH key
CAlternate credentials
Dcertificate

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A
88% (35)
B
3% (1)
C
3% (1)
D
8% (3)

Explanation

Note: PAT Supported only on Azure Pipelines and TFS 2017 and newer. After you choose PAT, paste the PAT token you created into the command prompt window. Use a personal access token (PAT) if your Azure DevOps Server or TFS instance and the agent machine are not in a trusted domain. PAT authentication is handled by your Azure DevOps Server or TFS instance instead of the domain controller. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/v2-linux

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