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Administrating HTCondor
“Condor - Colca Canyon-” by “Raultimate” © 2006 Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.
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Alan De SmetCenter for High
Throughput [email protected]
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor
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The next 70 minutes…
› HTCondor Daemons & Job Startup
› Configuration Files› Security, briefly› Policy Expressions
h Startd (Machine)h Negotiator
› Priorities› Useful Tools› Log Files› Debugging Jobs
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Daemons & Job Startup
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Job Startup
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Configuration Files
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› CONDOR_CONFIG environment variable, /etc/condor/condor_config, ~condor/condor_config
› All settings can be in this one fileh Some must be (ENABLE_IPV6)
› Might want to share between all machines (NFS, automated copies, Wallaby, etc)
Configuration File
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› LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE Comma separated, processed in order
LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE = \ /var/condor/config.local,\ /var/condor/policy.local,\ /shared/condor/config.$(HOSTNAME),\
/shared/condor/config.$(OPSYS)
› LOCAL_CONFIG_DIRLOCAL_CONFIG_DIR = \ /var/condor/config.d/,\ /var/condor/$(OPSYS).d/
Other Configuration Files
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# I’m a comment!CREATE_CORE_FILES=TRUEMAX_JOBS_RUNNING = 50# HTCondor ignores case:log=/var/log/condor# Long entries:collector_host=condor.cs.wisc.edu,\ secondary.cs.wisc.edu
Configuration File Syntax
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› You reference other macros (settings) with:A = $(B) SCHEDD = $(SBIN)/condor_schedd
› Can create additional macros for organizational purposes
Configuration File Macros
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› Can append to macros:A=abcA=$(A),def
› Don’t let macros recursively define each other!A=$(B)B=$(A)
Configuration File Macros
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› Later macros in a file overwrite earlier onesh B will evaluate to 2:
A=1B=$(A)A=2
Configuration File Macros
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› These are simple replacement macros› Put parentheses around expressions
TEN=5+5HUNDRED=$(TEN)*$(TEN)
• HUNDRED becomes 5+5*5+5 or 35!
TEN=(5+5)HUNDRED=($(TEN)*$(TEN))
• ((5+5)*(5+5)) = 100
Macros and Expressions Gotcha
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› Simplified› More powerful› Goal: <20 line
configuration files› “Improvements to
Configuration” by TJ on Wednesday
8.1,8.2 configuration
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Security,briefly
“Padlock” by Peter Ford © 2005
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HTCondor Security› Strong authentication
of users and daemons› Encryption over the
network› Integrity checking over
the network
“locks-masterlocks.jpg” by Brian De Smet, © 2005Used with permission.
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Minimal Security Settings
› You must set ALLOW_WRITE, or nothing works
› Simplest setting:ALLOW_WRITE=*
Extremely insecure!› A bit better:ALLOW_WRITE= \ *.cs.wisc.edu
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More on Security
› Zach’s talk, Wednesday!
› Chapter 3.6, “Security,” in the HTCondor Manual
“Zach Miller” by Alan De Smet
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Policy
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› Who gets to run jobs, when?
Policy
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› Specified in condor_configh Ends up slot ClassAd
› Policy evaluates both a slot ClassAd and a job ClassAd togetherh Policy can reference items in either ClassAd
(See manual for list)
› Can reference condor_config macros: $(MACRONAME)
Policy Expressions
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› Machine – An individual computer, managed by one startd
› Slot – A place to run a job, managed by one starter. A machine may have many slots
› The start advertises each slot The ClassAd is a “Machine” ad for historical
reasons
Slots vs Machines
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› START› RANK› SUSPEND› CONTINUE› PREEMPT› KILL
Slot Policy Expressions
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› START is the primary policy› When FALSE the slot enters the Owner
state and will not run jobs› Acts as the Requirements expression for
the slot, the job must satisfy START Can reference job ClassAd values including
Owner and ImageSize
START
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› Indicates which jobs a slot prefers Jobs can also specify a rank
› Floating point number Larger numbers are higher ranked
Typically evaluate attributes in the Job ClassAd
Typically use + instead of &&
RANK
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› Often used to give priority to owner of a particular group of machines
› Claimed slots still advertise looking for higher ranked job to preempt the current job
RANK
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› When SUSPEND becomes true, the job is suspended
› When CONTINUE becomes true a suspended job is released
SUSPEND and CONTINUE
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› When PREEMPT becomes true, the job will be politely shut downh Vanilla universe jobs get SIGTERM
• Or user requested signal
Standard universe jobs checkpoint
› When KILL becomes true, the job is SIGKILLed
Checkpointing is aborted if started
PREEMPT and KILL
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Minimal Settings
› Always runs jobsSTART = TrueRANK =SUSPEND = FalseCONTINUE = TruePREEMPT = FalseKILL = False
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Policy Configuration
› I am adding nodes to the Cluster… but the Chemistry Department has priority on these nodes
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› Prefer Chemistry jobsSTART = TrueRANK = Department == "Chemistry"SUSPEND = FalseCONTINUE = TruePREEMPT = FalseKILL = False
New Settings for the Chemistry nodes
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› Prefix an entry with “+” to add to job ClassAdExecutable = charm-runUniverse = standard+Department = "Chemistry"queue
Submit file with Custom Attribute
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START = TrueRANK = Department =?= "Chemistry"SUSPEND = FalseCONTINUE = TruePREEMPT = FalseKILL = False
What if “Department” not specified?
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› Give the machine’s owners (adesmet and roy) highest priority, followed by the Chemistry department, followed by the Physics department, followed by everyone else.
Can use automatic Owner attribute in job attribute to identify adesmet and roy
More Complex RANK
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IsOwner = (Owner == "adesmet" \ || Owner == "roy")IsChem =(Department =?= "Chemistry")IsPhys =(Department =?= "Physics")RANK = $(IsOwner)*20 + $(IsChem)*10 \ + $(IsPhys)
More Complex RANK
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Policy Configuration
› I have an unhealthy fixation with PBS so… kill jobs after 12 hours, except Physics jobs get 24 hours.
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› CurrentTime
Current time, in Unix epoch time (seconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970)
› EnteredCurrentActivity
When did HTCondor enter the current activity, in Unix epoch time
Useful Attributes
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ActivityTimer = \ (CurrentTime - EnteredCurrentActivity)HOUR = (60*60)HALFDAY = ($(HOUR)*12)FULLDAY = ($(HOUR)*24)PREEMPT = \ ($(IsPhys) && ($(ActivityTimer) > $FULLDAY)) \ || \ (!$(IsPhys) && ($(ActivityTimer) > $HALFDAY)) KILL = $(PREEMPT)
Configuration
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Policy Configuration
› The cluster is okay, but... HTCondor can only use the desktops when they would otherwise be idle
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› One possible definition:
No keyboard or mouse activity for 5 minutes
Load average below 0.3
Defining Idle
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› START jobs when the machine becomes idle
› SUSPEND jobs as soon as activity is detected
› PREEMPT jobs if the activity continues for 5 minutes or more
› KILL jobs if they take more than 5 minutes to preempt
Desktops should
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› LoadAvg
Current load average
› CondorLoadAvg
Current load average generated by HTCondor
› KeyboardIdle
Seconds since last keyboard or mouse activity
Useful Attributes
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NonCondorLoadAvg = (LoadAvg - CondorLoadAvg)BgndLoad = 0.3CPU_Busy = ($(NonCondorLoadAvg) >= $(BgndLoad))CPU_Idle = (!$(CPU_Busy))KeyboardBusy = (KeyboardIdle < 10)KeyboardIsIdle = (KeyboardIdle > 300)MachineBusy = ($(CPU_Busy) || $(KeyboardBusy))
Macros in Configuration Files
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START = $(CPU_Idle) && $(KeyboardIsIdle)SUSPEND = $(MachineBusy)CONTINUE = $(CPU_Idle) && KeyboardIdle > 120PREEMPT = (Activity == "Suspended") && \ $(ActivityTimer) > 300KILL = $(ActivityTimer) > 300
Desktop Machine Policy
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Mission Accomplished.
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45Slot States
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Slot Activities
Section 3.5: Policy
Configuration for the
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› Can add attributes to a slot’s ClassAd, typically done in the local configuration fileINSTRUCTIONAL=TRUENETWORK_SPEED=1000STARTD_EXPRS=INSTRUCTIONAL, NETWORK_SPEED
Custom Slot Attributes
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› Jobs can now specify Rank and Requirements using new attributes:Requirements = INSTRUCTIONAL=!=TRUERank = NETWORK_SPEED
› Dynamic attributes are available; see STARTD_CRON_* in the manual
Custom Slot Attributes
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› For further information, see section 3.5 “Policy Configuration for the condor_startd” in the HTCondor manual
› htcondor-users mailing listhttp://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/mail-lists/
Further MachinePolicy Information
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Priorities
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› Set with condor_prio› Users can set priority of their own jobs› Integers, larger numbers are higher priority› Only impacts order between jobs for a
single user on a single schedd› A tool for users to sort their own jobs
Job Priority
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› Determines allocation of machines to waiting users
› View with condor_userprio› Inversely related to machines allocated
(lower is better priority)
A user with priority of 10 will be able to claim twice as many machines as a user with priority 20
User Priority
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› Effective User Priority is determined by multiplying two components
Real Priority
Priority Factor
User Priority
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› Based on actual usage› Defaults to 0.5› Approaches actual number of machines
used over time
Configuration setting PRIORITY_HALFLIFE
Real Priority
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› Assigned by administrator
Set with condor_userprio
› Defaults to 1 (DEFAULT_PRIO_FACTOR)
Priority Factor
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Negotiator Policy Expressions
› PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS and PREEMPTION_RANK
› Evaluated when condor_negotiator considers replacing a lower priority job with a higher priority job
› Completely unrelated to the PREEMPT expression
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› If false will not preempt machine
Typically used to avoid pool thrashing
Typically use:• RemoteUserPrio – Priority of user of currently
running job (higher is worse)• SubmittorPrio – Priority of user of higher priority
idle job (higher is worse)
› PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS=FALSE
PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS
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› Only replace jobs running for at least one hour and 20% lower priority
StateTimer = \ (CurrentTime – EnteredCurrentState)HOUR = (60*60)PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS = \ $(StateTimer) > (1 * $(HOUR)) \ && RemoteUserPrio > SubmittorPrio * 1.2
PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS
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› Picks which already claimed machine to reclaim
› Strongly prefer preempting jobs with a large (bad) priority and a small image size
PREEMPTION_RANK = \ (RemoteUserPrio * 1000000)\ - ImageSize
PREEMPTION_RANK
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› Manage priorities across groups of users and jobs
› Can guarantee minimum numbers of computers for groups (quotas)
› Supports hierarchies› Anyone can join any group
Accounting Groups
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Tools
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› Find current configuration values
% condor_config_val MASTER_LOG/var/condor/logs/MasterLog% cd `condor_config_val LOG`
condor_config_val
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› Can identify source% condor_config_val –v CONDOR_HOSTCONDOR_HOST: condor.cs.wisc.edu Defined in ‘/etc/condor_config.hosts’, line 6
condor_config_val -v
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› What configuration files are being used?% condor_config_val –configConfig source: /var/home/condor/condor_configLocal config sources: /unsup/condor/etc/condor_config.hosts /unsup/condor/etc/condor_config.global /unsup/condor/etc/condor_config.policy /unsup/condor-test/etc/hosts/puffin.local
condor_config_val -config
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› Neat new stuff in 8.2› “Improvements to
Configuration” by TJ on Wednesday
condor_config_val
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› Retrieve logs remotely
condor_fetchlog beak.cs.wisc.edu Master
condor_fetchlog
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› condor_status› condor_q› Greg's “How High Throughput was My
Cluster?” this afternoon
Checking the current status
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› Queries the collector for information about daemons in your pool
› Defaults to finding condor_startds› condor_status –schedd summarizes
all job queues› condor_status –master returns list of
all condor_masters
Querying daemons condor_status
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› -long displays the full ClassAd› Optionally specify a machine name to limit
results to a single host
condor_status –l node4.cs.wisc.edu
condor_status
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› Only return ClassAds that match an expression you specify
› Show me idle slots with 1GB or more memory
condor_status -constraint 'Memory >= 1024 && Activity == "Idle"'
condor_status -constraint
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› Report only fields you request› Census of systems in your pool:> condor_status -af Activity OpSys Arch | sort | uniq -c
56 Busy LINUX X86_64 35 Idle LINUX INTEL 1515 Idle LINUX X86_64 369 Idle WINDOWS X86_64 31 Retiring LINUX X86_64
condor_status -autoformat
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› Separate by tabs, commas, spaces, newlines
› Label each field by name› Escape as a ClassAd value› Add headers› Several easy to parse options
condor_status -autoformat
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condor_status -format
› Like autoformat, but with manual formatting
› Useful for writing simple reports
› Uses C printf style formats One field per argument
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% condor_status -format '%-10s ' Activity -format '%-7s ' OpSys -format '%s\n' Arch | sort | uniq -c
54 Busy LINUX X86_64 35 Idle LINUX INTEL 1513 Idle LINUX X86_64 369 Idle WINDOWS X86_64 31 Retiring LINUX X86_64
condor_status -format
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› View the job queue› The -long option is useful to see the
entire ClassAd for a given job› supports –constraint, -autoformat,
and -format› Can view job queues on remote machines
with the -name option
Examining Queues condor_q
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› Why isn't this job running? default› On this machine? -machine› What does this machine hate my job? -better-analyse:reverse› General reports -analyze:sum -analyze:sum,rev
condor_q -analyze and
-better-analyze
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Log Files
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› HTCondor maintains one log file per daemon
› Can increase verbosity of logs on a per daemon basis SHADOW_DEBUG, SCHEDD_DEBUG, and
others Space separated list
HTCondor’s Log Files
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› D_FULLDEBUG dramatically increases information logged Does not include other debug levels!
› D_COMMAND adds information about about commands receivedSHADOW_DEBUG = D_FULLDEBUG D_COMMAND
Useful Debug Levels
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› Log files are automatically rolled over when a size limit is reached
Only one old version is keptDefaults to 1,000,000 bytes
● 10 MB in 8.1 and later
Rolls over quickly with D_FULLDEBUGMAX_*_LOG, one setting per daemon
• MAX_SHADOW_LOG, MAX_SCHEDD_LOG, and others• MAX_DEFAULT_LOG in 8.1 and later
Log Rotation
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› Many log files entries primarily useful to HTCondor developers Especially if D_FULLDEBUG is on Minor errors are often logged but corrected Take them with a grain of salt [email protected]
HTCondor’s Log Files
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Debugging Jobs
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› Examine the job with condor_q especially the very powerful –analyze and -better-analyze
Debugging Jobs:condor_q
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› Examine the job’s user log Can find with:
condor_q -af UserLog 17.0 Set with “log” in the submit file
You can set EVENT_LOG to get a unified log for all jobs under a schedd
› Contains the life history of the job› Often contains details on problems
Debugging Jobs:User Log
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› Examine ShadowLog on the submit machineh Note any machines the job tried to execute onh There is often an “ERROR” entry that can give
a good indication of what failed
Debugging Jobs:ShadowLog
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› No ShadowLog entries? Possible problem matching the job. Examine ScheddLog on the submit machine
Examine NegotiatorLog on the central manager
Debugging Jobs:Matching Problems
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› ShadowLog entries suggest an error but aren’t specific?
Examine StartLog and StarterLog on the execute machine
Debugging Jobs:Remote Problems
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› HTCondor logs will note the job ID each entry is for
Useful if multiple jobs are being processed simultaneously
grepping for the job ID will make it easy to find relevant entries
› Occasionally HTCondor doesn't know yet…
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› If necessary add “D_FULLDEBUG D_COMMAND” to DEBUG_DAEMONNAME setting for additional log information
› Increase MAX_DAEMONNAME_LOG if logs are rolling over too quickly
› If all else fails, email us [email protected]
Debugging Jobs: What Next?
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