TorqueMaui
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Prerequisites
- the RPMs with the Torque and Maui programs and doc are located at http://eticssoft.web.cern.ch/eticssoft/repository/torquemaui/. They are available for EL3, EL4 32-bit, and EL4 64-bit.
Installing the server
Install the following RPMs on the Torque/MAUI server:
- torque
- torque-docs
- torque-server
- torque-client (for testing)
- maui
- maui-server
And on the worker nodes you need only the Torque mom and PAM packages:
- torque
- torque-mom
- torque-pam
- maui and maui-client (for the reaper script)
And on the submission hosts (desktops and user interface system):
- torque
- torque-client
- torque-docs
- maui
- maui-client (for advance reservations)
Configuring the server
An example configuration is below (for recent torque versions):
# # Create and define queue test # create queue test set queue test queue_type = Execution set queue test resources_max.cput = 00:30:00 set queue test resources_max.walltime = 00:35:00 set queue test acl_group_enable = True set queue test acl_groups = hadron set queue test acl_groups += emin set queue test acl_groups += bfys set queue test keep_completed = 600 set queue test enabled = True set queue test started = True # # Set server attributes. # set server scheduling = True set server acl_host_enable = True set server acl_hosts = localhost set server acl_hosts += localhost.localdomain set server acl_hosts += *.nikhef.nl set server submit_hosts = *.nikhef.nl set server managers = davidg@*.nikhef.nl set server managers += tond@*.nikhef.nl set server operators = andrevk@*.nikhef.nl set server operators += a03@*.nikhef.nl set server default_queue = test set server log_events = 127 set server mail_from = root set server query_other_jobs = False set server scheduler_iteration = 60 set server node_ping_rate = 300 set server node_check_rate = 600 set server tcp_timeout = 6 set server default_node = farm set server node_pack = False set server job_stat_rate = 45 set server poll_jobs = True set server log_level = 1 set server server_name = pinnacle.nikhef.nl
Configuring the pbs_mom (worker node)
This will use the shared NFS space to copy files around and directly back to the users server (instead of going through an extra scp step to the server):
$clienthost pinnacle.nikhef.nl $tmpdir /tmp $logevent 255 $pbsmastername pinnacle.nikhef.nl $restricted pinnacle.nikhef.nl $usecp *.nikhef.nl:/ /
Securing interactive logins on the worker node
Aditionally, pbs mom now comes with a PAM module that will allow users to login to a specific worker node, but only when they have a running job there (e.g. for diagnostics). This is enabled as follows
- install the torque-pam RPM
- add the following configuration to /etc/pam.d/sshd:
account sufficient pam_pbssimpleauth.so debug account required pam_access.so
and in /etc/security/access.conf:
-:ALL EXCEPT root @ct-b:ALL
stray process reaper script
To kill non-paranted processes on the worker node, use the script documented http://www.nikhef.nl/grid/sysutils/ on the NDPF system tools pages (the prune_userprocs utility).
create worker node
mkpbsnode:
#! /bin/sh
props="farm"
np=2
delete=
while :; do
case "$1" in
-np ) np="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
-p* ) props="$props $2" ; shift 2 ;;
-d ) delete=yes ; shift 1 ;;
-- ) shift ; break ;;
* ) break ;;
esac
done
case "$#" in
0 ) echo "Usage: $0 [-p prop [-p prop]] [-np #] node [node...]" >&2 ;exit 1;;
* ) nodes="$@"
esac
for n in $nodes
do
case $n in
*.nikhef.nl ) ;;
node*-*.farmnet ) n="$n.nikhef.nl" ;;
node*-* ) n="$n.farmnet.nikhef.nl" ;;
* ) n="$n.nikhef.nl" ;;
esac
if [ "$delete" = "yes" ]; then
echo "# creating node $n"
echo "delete node $n"
else
echo "# creating node $n"
echo "create node $n"
for p in $props
do
echo "set node $n properties += $p"
done
echo "set node $n ntype = cluster"
echo "set node $n np = $np"
fi
done
Scheduling
maui configuration file
The maui scheduler should be installed on the server node from the RPMs. The default configuration file is in /var/spool/maui/maui.cfg, and looks like:
# MAUI configuration example
SERVERHOST pinnacle.nikhef.nl
ADMIN1 root tond
ADMIN3 andrevk
ADMINHOST pinnacle.nikhef.nl
RMTYPE[0] PBS
RMHOST[0] pinnacle.nikhef.nl
RMSERVER[0] pinnacle.nikhef.nl
RMCFG[0] TIMEOUT=90
SERVERPORT 40559
SERVERMODE NORMAL
RMPOLLINTERVAL 00:02:00
LOGFILE /var/log/maui.log
LOGFILEMAXSIZE 50000000
LOGLEVEL 3
LOGFILEROLLDEPTH 30
NODESETPOLICY ONEOF
NODESETATTRIBUTE FEATURE
NODESETLIST stoomboot
NODESETDELAY 0:00:00
NODESYNCTIME 0:00:30
NODEACCESSPOLICY SHARED
NODEAVAILABILITYPOLICY DEDICATED:PROCS
NODELOADPOLICY ADJUSTPROCS
DEFERTIME 0
JOBMAXOVERRUN 0
REJECTNEGPRIOJOBS FALSE
FEATUREPROCSPEEDHEADER xps
# Policies
BACKFILLPOLICY ON
BACKFILLTYPE FIRSTFIT
NODEALLOCATIONPOLICY FASTEST
RESERVATIONPOLICY CURRENTHIGHEST
RESERVATIONDEPTH 12
# Weights of various components in scheduling ranking calc
QUEUETIMEWEIGHT 0
XFACTORWEIGHT 1
XFACTORCAP 100000
RESWEIGHT 10
CREDWEIGHT 10
USERWEIGHT 10
GROUPWEIGHT 10
FSWEIGHT 1
FSUSERWEIGHT 1
FSGROUPWEIGHT 43
FSQOSWEIGHT 200
# FairShare
# use dedicated CPU ("wallclocktime used") metering
# decays over 24 "days"
FSPOLICY DEDICATEDPES%
FSDEPTH 24
FSINTERVAL 24:00:00
FSDECAY 0.99
FSCAP 100000
USERCFG[DEFAULT] FSTARGET=1 MAXJOBQUEUED=1024
GROUPCFG[DEFAULT] FSTARGET=1 PRIORITY=1 MAXPROC=64
GROUPCFG[computer] FSTARGET=1 PRIORITY=1000 MAXPROC=42
GROUPCFG[atlas] FSTARGET=30 PRIORITY=100 QDEF=lhcatlas
GROUPCFG[atlassrc] FSTARGET=70 PRIORITY=100 QDEF=lhcatlas
QOSCFG[lhcatlas] FSTARGET=40 MAXPROC=96
GROUPCFG[bfys] FSTARGET=100 PRIORITY=100 QDEF=lhclhcb
QOSCFG[lhclhcb] FSTARGET=30 MAXPROC=96
GROUPCFG[alice] FSTARGET=100 PRIORITY=100 QDEF=lhcalice
QOSCFG[lhcalice] FSTARGET=10 MAXPROC=64
GROUPCFG[theory] FSTARGET=100 PRIORITY=100 QDEF=niktheory
QOSCFG[niktheory] FSTARGET=20 MAXPROC=96
USERCFG[davidg] PRIORITY=80000
USERCFG[templon] PRIORITY=80000
USERCFG[ronalds] PRIORITY=80000
USERCFG[tond] PRIORITY=80000
