condor_glidein(1) General Commands Manual condor_glidein(1)
Name
condor_glidein add - a remote grid resource to a local Condor pool
Synopsis
condor_glidein [-help]
condor_glidein[-admin address] [-anybody] [-archdir dir] [-basedir basedir] [-count CPU count] [<Execute Task Options>] [<Generate File
Options>] [-gsi_daemon_name cert_name] [-idletime minutes] [-install_gsi_trusted_ca_dir path] [-install_gsi_gridmap file] [-localdir dir]
[-memory MBytes] [-project name] [-queue name] [-runtime minutes] [-runonly] [<Set Up Task Options>] [-suffix suffix] [-slots slot count]
<contact argument>
Description
condor_glideinallows the temporary addition of a grid resource to a local Condor pool. The addition is accomplished by installing and exe-
cuting some of the Condor daemons on the remote grid resource, such that it reports in as part of the local Condor pool. condor_glideinac-
complishes two separate tasks: set up and execution. These separated tasks allow flexibility, in that the user may use condor_glideinto do
only one of the tasks or both, in addition to customizing the tasks.
The set up task generates a script that may be used to start the Condor daemons during the execution task, places this script on the remote
grid resource, composes and installs a configuration file, and it installs the condor_master, condor_startdand condor_starterdaemons on the
grid resource.
The execution task runs the script generated by the set up task. The goal of the script is to invoke the condor_masterdaemon. The Condor
job glidein_startupappears in the queue of the local Condor pool for each invocation of condor_glidein. To remove the grid resource from
the local Condor pool, use condor_rmto remove the glidein_startupjob.
The Condor jobs to do both the set up and execute tasks utilize Condor-G and Globus gt2 protocols to communicate with the remote resource.
Therefore, an X.509 certificate (proxy) is required for the user running condor_glidein.
Specify the remote grid machine with the command line argument <contact argument>. <contact argument>takes one of 4 forms:
1. hostname
2. Globus contact string
3. hostname/jobmanager-<schedulername>
4. -contactfile filenameThe argument -contactfile filenamespecifies the full path and file name of a file that contains Globus contact
strings. Each of the resources given by a Globus contact string is added to the local Condor pool.
The set up task of condor_glideincopies the binaries for the correct platform from a central server. To obtain access to the server, or to
set up your own server, follow instructions on the Glidein Server Setup page, at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/glidein. Set up need only be
done once per site, as the installation is never removed.
By default, all files installed on the remote grid resource are placed in the directory $(HOME) /Condor_glidein . $(HOME) is evaluated
and defined on the remote machine using a grid map. This directory must be in a shared file system accessible by all machines that will run
the Condor daemons. By default, the daemon's log files will also be written in this directory. Change this directory with the -localdirop-
tion to make Condor daemons write to local scratch space on the execution machine. For debugging initial problems, it may be convenient to
have the log files in the more accessible default directory. If using the default directory, occasionally clean up old log and execute
directories to avoid running out of space.
Examples
To have 10 grid resources running PBS at a grid site with a gatekeeper named gatekeeper.site.edu join the local Condor pool:
% condor_glidein -count 10 gatekeeper.site.edu/jobmanager-pbs
If you try something like the above and condor_glideinis not able to automatically determine everything it needs to know about the remote
site, it will ask you to provide more information. A typical result of this process is something like the following command:
% condor_glidein
-count 10
-arch 6.6.7-i686-pc-Linux-2.4
-setup_jobmanager jobmanager-fork
gatekeeper.site.edu/jobmanager-pbs
The Condor jobs that do the set up and execute tasks will appear in the queue for the local Condor pool. As a result of a successful
glidein, use condor_statusto see that the remote grid resources are part of the local Condor pool.
A list of common problems and solutions is presented in this manual page.
Generate File Options
-genconfig
Create a local copy of the configuration file that may be used on the remote resource. The file is named glidein_condor_config.<suffix>
. The string defined by <suffix>defaults to the process id (PID) of the condor_glidein process or is defined with the -suffixcommand
line option. The configuration file may be edited for later use with the -useconfigoption.
-genstartup
Create a local copy of the script used on the remote resource to invoke the condor_master. The file is named glidein_startup.<suffix> .
The string defined by <suffix>defaults to the process id (PID) of the condor_glidein process or is defined with the -suffixcommand line
option. The file may be edited for later use with the -usestartupoption.
-gensubmit
Generate submit description files, but do not submit. The submit description file for the set up task is named glidein_setup.sub-
mit.<suffix> . The submit description file for the execute task is named glidein_run.submit.<suffix> . The string defined by <suf-
fix>defaults to the process id (PID) of the condor_glidein process or is defined with the -suffixcommand line option.
Set Up Task Options
-setuponly
Do only the set up task of condor_glidein . This option cannot be run simultaneously with -runonly.
-setup_here
Do the set up task on the local machine, instead of at a remote grid resource. This may be used, for example, to do the set up task of
condor_glidein in an AFS area that is read-only from the remote grid resource.
-forcesetup
During the set up task, force the copying of files, even if this overwrites existing files. Use this to push out changes to the configu-
ration.
-useconfig config_file
The set up task copies the specified configuration file, rather than generating one.
-usestartup startup_file
The set up task copies the specified startup script, rather than generating one.
-setup_jobmanager jobmanagername
Identifies the jobmanager on the remote grid resource to receive the files during the set up task. If a reasonable default can be dis-
covered through MDS, this is optional. jobmanagernameis a string representing any gt2 name for the job manager. The correct string in
most cases will be jobmanager-fork. Other common strings may be jobmanager, jobmanager-condor, jobmanager-pbs, and jobmanager-lsf.
Execute Task Options
-runonly
Starts execution of the Condor daemons on the grid resource. If any of the necessary files or executables are missing, condor_glidein
exits with an error code. This option cannot be run simultaneously with -setuponly.
-run_here
Runs condor_masterdirectly rather than submitting a Condor job that causes the remote execution. To instead generate a script that does
this, use -run_herein combination with -gensubmit. This may be useful for running Condor daemons on resources that are not directly
accessible by Condor.
Options
-help
Display brief usage information and exit.
-basedir basedir
Specifies the base directory on the remote grid resource used for placing files. The default directory is $(HOME) /Condor_glidein on
the grid resource.
-archdir dir
Specifies the directory on the remote grid resource for placement of the Condor executables. The default value for -archdir is based
upon version information on the grid resource. It is of the form <basedir>/<condor-version>-<Globus canonicalsystemname> . An example
of the directory (without the base directory) for Condor version 7.6.0 running on a 64-bit Intel processor with RHEL 3 is
7.6.0-x86_64-pc-Linux-2.4-glibc2.3 .
-localdir dir
Specifies the directory on the remote grid resource in which to create log and execution subdirectories needed by Condor. If limited
disk quota in the home or base directory on the grid resource is a problem, set -localdirto a large temporary space, such as /tmp or
/scratch . If the batch system requires invocation of Condor daemons in a temporary scratch directory, '.' may be used for the defini-
tion of the -localdiroption.
-arch architecture
Identifies the platform of the required tarball containing the correct Condor daemon executables to download and install. If a reason-
able default can be discovered through MDS, this is optional. A list of possible values may be found at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/con-
dor/glidein/binaries. The architecture name is the same as the tarball name without the suffix tar.gz . An example is 6.6.5-i686-pc-
Linux-2.4 .
-queue name
The argument nameis a string used at the grid resource to identify a job queue.
-project name
The argument nameis a string used at the grid resource to identify a project name.
-memory MBytes
The maximum memory size in Megabytes to request from the grid resource.
-count CPU count
The number of CPUs requested to join the local pool. The default is 1.
-slots slot count
For machines with multiple CPUs, the CPUs maybe divided up into slots. slot countis the number of slots that results. By default, Condor
divides multiple-CPU resources such that each CPU is a slot, each with an equal share of RAM, disk, and swap space. This option config-
ures the number of slots, so that multi-threaded jobs can run in a slot with multiple CPUs. For example, if 4 CPUs are requested and
-slotsis not specified, Condor will divide the request up into 4 slots with 1 CPU each. However, if -slots 2is specified, Condor will
divide the request up into 2 slots with 2 CPUs each, and if -slots 1is specified, Condor will put all 4 CPUs into one slot.
-idletime minutes
The amount of time that a remote grid resource will remain idle state, before the daemons shut down. A value of 0 (zero) means that the
daemons never shut down due to remaining in the idle state. In this case, the -runtimeoption defines when the daemons shut down. The
default value is 20 minutes.
-runtime minutes
The maximum amount of time the Condor daemons on the remote grid resource will run before shutting themselves down. This option is use-
ful for resources with enforced maximum run times. Setting -runtimeto be a few minutes shorter than the enforced limit gives the daemons
time to perform a graceful shut down.
-anybody
Sets the Condor START expression for the added remote grid resource to True . This permits any user's job which can run on the added
remote grid resource to run. Without this option, only jobs owned by the user executing condor_glidein can execute on the remote grid
resource. WARNING: Using this option may violate the usage policies of many institutions.
-admin address
Where to send e-mail with problems. The default is the login of the user running condor_glidein at UID domain of the local Condor pool.
-suffix X
Suffix to use when generating files. Default is process id.
-gsi_daemon_name cert_name
Includes and enables GSI authentication in the configuration for the remote grid resource. The argument is the GSI certificate name that
the daemons will use to authenticate themselves.
-install_gsi_trusted_ca_dir path
The argument identifies the directory containing the trusted CA certificates that the daemons are to use (for example, /etc/grid-secu-
rity/certificates ). The contents of this directory will be installed at the remote site in the directory <basedir>/grid-security .
-install_gsi_gridmap file
The argument is the file name of the GSI-specific X.509 map file that the daemons will use. The file will be installed at the remote
site in <basedir>/grid-security . The file contains entries mapping certificates to user names. At the very least, it must contain an
entry for the certificate given by the command-line option -gsi_daemon_name.If other Condor daemons use different certificates, then
this file will also list any certificates that the daemons will encounter for the condor_schedd, condor_collector, and condor_negotia-
tor. See section 3.6.3for more information.
Exit Status
condor_glideinwill exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon complete success, or with non-zero values upon failure. The status value will
be 1 (one) if condor_glideinencountered an error making a directory, was unable to copy a tar file, encountered an error in parsing the
command line, or was not able to gather required information. The status value will be 2 (two) if there was an error in the remote set up.
The status value will be 3 (three) if there was an error in remote submission. The status value will be -1 (negative one) if no resource
was specified in the command line.
Common problems are listed below. Many of these are best discovered by looking in the StartLog log file on the remote grid resource.
WARNING: The file xxx is not writable by condor
This error occurs when condor_glidein is run in a directory that does not have the proper permissions for Condor to access files. An AFS
directory does not give Condor the user's AFS ACLs.
Glideins fail to run due to GLIBC errors
Check the list of available glidein binaries (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/glidein/binaries), and try specifying the architecture name
that includes the correct glibc version for the remote grid site.
Glideins join pool but no jobs run on them
One common cause of this problem is that the remote grid resources are in a different file system domain, and the submitted Condor jobs
have an implicit requirement that they must run in the same file system domain. See section 2.5.4for details on using Condor's file
transfer capabilities to solve this problem. Another cause of this problem is a communication failure. For example, a firewall may be
preventing the condor_negotiatoror the condor_schedddaemons from connecting to the condor_startdon the remote grid resource. Although
work is being done to remove this requirement in the future, it is currently necessary to have full bidirectional connectivity, at least
over a restricted range of ports. See page for more information on configuring a port range.
Glideins run but fail to join the pool
This may be caused by the local pool's security settings or by a communication failure. Check that the security settings in the local
pool's configuration file allow write access to the remote grid resource. To not modify the security settings for the pool, run a sepa-
rate pool specifically for the remote grid resources, and use flocking to balance jobs across the two pools of resources. If the log
files indicate a communication failure, then see the next item.
The startd cannot connect to the collector
This may be caused by several things. One is a firewall. Another is when the compute nodes do not have even outgoing network access.
Configuration to work without full network access to and from the compute nodes is still in the experimental stages, so for now, the
short answer is that you must at least have a range of open (bidirectional) ports and set up the configuration file as described on page
. Use the option -genconfig, edit the generated configuration file, and then do the glidein execute task with the option -useconfig.)
Another possible cause of connectivity problems may be the use of UDP by the condor_startdto register itself with the condor_collector.
Force it to use TCP as described on page .
Yet another possible cause of connectivity problems is when the remote grid resources have more than one network interface, and the
default one chosen by Condor is not the correct one. One way to fix this is to modify the glidein startup script using the -genstartu-
pand -usestartupoptions. The script needs to determine the IP address associated with the correct network interface, and assign this to
the environment variable _condor_NETWORK_INTERFACE .
NFS file locking problems
If the -localdiroption uses files on NFS (not recommended, but sometimes convenient for testing), the Condor daemons may have trouble
manipulating file locks. Try inserting the following into the configuration file:
IGNORE_NFS_LOCK_ERRORS = True
Author
Condor Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Copyright
Copyright (C) 1990-2012 Condor Team, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
See the Condor Version 7.8.2 Manualor http://www.condorproject.org/licensefor additional notices. condor-admin@cs.wisc.edu
September 2012 condor_glidein(1)