Appion

h1. Setup job submission server

In this case, we are setting up a job submission server that will have all of the data directories mounted and external packages installed (EMAN, Xmipp, etc.) on the compute nodes. Most institutions have a job submission server already, but the data is not accessible. Appion is not set up for this scenario except for large reconstruction jobs. 

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h2. PBS and the Torque Resource Manager

PBS stands for a "Portable Batch System":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Batch_System. It is a job submission system meaning that users submit many jobs and the server prioritizes and executes each job as resources permit. Below we show how to install the popular open source PBS system called "TORQUE":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TORQUE_Resource_Manager. 

A TORQUE cluster consists of one head node and many compute nodes. The head node runs the *pbs_server daemon* and the compute nodes run the *pbs_mom daemon*. Client commands for submitting and managing jobs can be installed on any host (including hosts not running pbs_server or pbs_mom). More documentation about Torque is "available here.":http://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/docs/

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h2. Head node installation

h3. Install Torque-server

Torque available in with Fedora and CentOS 5.4 (through the EPEL). For YUM based systems type:

<pre>

sudo yum -y install torque-server torque-scheduler

</pre>

h3. Initialize Torque-server, because PATH setting you will need to become root

<pre>

sudo su

/usr/share/doc/torque-2.3.10/torque.setup root

exit

</pre>

h3. Activate Torque-server

Enable the torque pbs_mom daemon on reboot:

<pre>

sudo /sbin/chkconfig pbs_server on

sudo /sbin/service pbs_server restart

sudo /sbin/chkconfig pbs_sched on

sudo /sbin/service pbs_sched start

</pre>

h3. Add nodes to Torque-server nodes file: /var/torque/server_priv/nodes

The format is:

<pre>

node-name[:ts] [np=] [properties]

</pre>

To add the localhost with two processors as a node, you would add:

<pre>

localhost np=2

</pre>

You should add every *compute node* to this file, e.g.,

<pre>

node01.INSTITUTE.EDU np=2

node02.INSTITUTE.EDU np=4

node03.INSTITUTE.EDU np=2

</pre>

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h2. Compute node installation

h3. Install Torque-mom

Torque available in with Fedora and CentOS 5.4 (through the EPEL). For YUM based systems type:

<pre>

sudo yum -y install torque-mom torque-client

</pre>

h3. Configure node to receive jobs from headnode:

bq. see http://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/docs/1.2basicconfig.shtml#initializenode for more details

Edit the /var/torque/mom_priv/config file:

<pre>

$pbsserver  headnode.INSTITUTE.EDU   # hostname running pbs_server

</pre>

For the localhost add:

<pre>

$pbsserver  localhost   # hostname running pbs_server

</pre>

h3. Activate Torque-mom

Enable the torque pbs_mom daemon on reboot:

<pre>

sudo /sbin/chkconfig pbs_mom on

sudo /sbin/service pbs_mom start

</pre>

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h2. Test Torque Setup

On the head node, see if you can run a @qstat@:<pre>qstat</pre>

On the head node, create a job and submit it:

<pre>

echo "sleep 60" > test.job

echo "echo hello" >> test.job

qsub test.job

qstat

</pre>

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