Configuration files

ackFile

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: Acknowledge file
• Type: String
• Description: Path to a file that will be created when the element is ready to execute.

agentType

• Component: Agent (MA and LA)
• Mode: All
• Type: Agent type
• Description: Master Agent or Local Agent? As there is only one executable for both agent types, it is COMPULSORY to specify the type of this agent: DIET_MASTER_AGENT (or MA) or DIET_LOCAL_AGENT (or LA).

batchName

• Component: SeD
• Mode: Batch
• Type: String
• Description: The reservation batch system's name.

batchQueue

• Component: SeD
• Mode: Batch
• Type: String
• Description: The name of the queue where the job will be submitted.

bindServicePort

• Component: MA
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: port used by the Master Agent to share its IOR.

cacheAlgorithm

• Component: All
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: String
• Description: The cache replacement algorithm used when DAGDA needs more space to store a data. Possible values are: LRU, LFU, FIFO. By default, no cache replacement algorithm. DAGDA never replace a data by another one.

clientMaxNbSeD

• Component: Client
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: The maximum number of SeD the client should receive.

dataBackupFile

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: String
• Description: The path to the file that will be used when DAGDA save all its stored data/data path when asked by the user (Checkpointing). By default, no checkpointing is possible.

dietHostName

• Component: All
• Mode: All
• Type: String
• Description: the listening interface of the agent. If not specified, let the ORB get the hostname from the system (the first one if several one are available).

dietPort

• Component: All
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: the listening port of the agent. If not specified, let the ORB get a port from the system (if the default 2809 was busy).

fastUse

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Boolean
• Description: If set to 0, all LDAP and NWS parameters are ignored, and all requests to FAST are disabled (when DIET is compiled with FAST). This is useful for testing a DIET platform without deploying an LDAP base nor an NWS platform.

initRequestID

• Component: MA
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: When a request is sent to the Master Agent, a request ID is associated and by default it begins at 1. If this parameter is provided, it will begins at initRequestID.

internOARbatchQueueName

• Component: SeD
• Mode: Batch
• Type: String
• Description: only useful when using CORI batch features with OAR 1.6

ldapBase

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Address
• Description: <host:port> of the LDAP base that stores FAST-known services.

ldapMask

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: String
• Description: the mask which is registered in the LDAP base.

ldapUse

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Boolean
• Description: 0 tells FAST not to look for the services in an LDAP base.

locationID

• Component: SeD
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: String
• Description: This parameter is used for alternative transfer cost prediction.

lsOutbuffersize

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: the size of the buffer for outgoing messages.

lsFlushinterval

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: the flush interval for the outgoing message buffer.

MADAGNAME

• Component: Client
• Mode: Workflow
• Type: String
• Description: the name of the M agent to wich the client will connect.

MAName

• Component: Client
• Mode: All
• Type: String
• Description: Master Agent name. The ORB configuration files of the clients and the children of this MA (LAs and SeDs) must point at the same CORBA Naming Service as the one pointed at by the ORB configuration file of this agent.

maxConcJobs

• Component: SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: If useConcJobLimit == true, how many jobs can run at once? This shoudl be used in conjunction with maxConcJobs.

maxDiskSpace

• Component: All
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: Integer
• Description: The maximum disk space used by DAGDA to store the data. If set to 0, DAGDA will not take care of the disk usage. By default this value is equal to the available disk space on the disk partition chosen by the storageDirectory option.

maximumNeighbours

• Component: MA
• Mode: Integer
• Type: Multi MA
• Description: maximum number of connected neighbours. The agent does not accept a greater number of connection to build the federation than maximumNeighbours.

maxMemSpace

• Component: All
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: Integer
• Description: The maximum memory space used by DAGDA to store the data. If set to 0, DAGDA will not take care of the memory usage. By default no maximum memory usage is set. Same effect than to choose 0.

maxMsgSize

• Component: All
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: Integer
• Description: The maximum size of a CORBA message sent by DAGDA. By default this value is equal to the omniORB giopMaxMsgSize size.

minimumNeighbours

• Component: MA
• Mode: Multi MA
• Type: Integer
• Description: Minimum number of connected neighbours. If the agent has less that this number of connected neighbours, is going to find some new connections.

moduleConfigFile

• Component: Agent
• Mode: User scheduling
• Type: String
• Description: Optional configuration file for the module.

name

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: String
• Description: The name of the element. This parameter is not mandatory for a SeD as it can generate a name during launch time.

neighbours

• Component: MA
• Mode: Multi MA
• Type: String
• Description: A list of Master Agent that must be contacted to build a federation. The format is a list of host:port.

nwsForecaster

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Address
• Description: NWS forecast module used by FAST.

nwsNameserver

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Address
• Description: <host:port> of the NWS nameserver.

nwsUse

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: FAST
• Type: Boolean
• Description: 0 tells FAST not to use NWS for its comm times forecasts.

parentName

• Component: LA and SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: String
• Description: the name of the agent to which the element will register. This agent must have registered at the same CORBA Naming Service that is pointed to by your ORB configuration.

pathToNFS

• Component: SeD
• Mode: Batch
• Type: String
• Description: Path to an NFS directory where you have read/write rights.

pathToTmp

• Component: SeD
• Mode: Batch
• Type: String
• Description: Path to a temporary directory where you have read/write rights.

restoreOnStart

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: Boolean
• Description: DAGDA will load the dataBackupFile file at start and restore all the data recorded at the last checkpointing event. Possible values are 0 or 1. By default, no file loading on start - 0.

schedulerModule

• Component: Agent
• Mode: User scheduling
• Type: String
• Description: The path to the scheduler library file containing the implementation of the plugin scheduler class.

shareFiles

• Component: Agent
• Mode: DAGDA
• Type: Boolean
• Description: The DAGDA component shares its file data with all its children (when the path is accessible by them, for example, if the storage directory is on a NFS partition). Value can be 0 or 1. By default no file sharing - 0.

storageDirectory

• Component: All
• Mode: DAGDA or Batch
• Type: String
• Description: The directory on which DAGDA will store the data files. By default /tmp is used.

traceLevel

• Component: All
• Mode: All
• Type: Integer
• Description: traceLevel for the DIET agent:
  • 0 DIET prints only warnings and errors on the standard error output,
  • 1 [default] DIET prints information on the main steps of a call,
  • 5 DIET prints information on all internal steps too,
  • 10 DIET prints all the communication structures too,
  • (traceLevel - 10) is given to the ORB to print CORBA messages too.

updateLinkPeriod

• Component: MA
• Mode: Multi MA
• Type: Integer
• Description: The agent check at a regular time basis that all it's neighbours are still alive and try to connect to a new one if the number of connections is less than minimumNeighbours. updateLinkPeriod indicate the period in second between two checks.

useConcJobLimit

• Component: SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: Boolean
• Description: should SeD restrict the number of concurrent solves? This should be used in conjunction with maxConcJobs.

useLogService

• Component: Agent and SeD
• Mode: All
• Type: Boolean
• Description: 1 to use the LogService for monitoring.

USE_SPECIFIC_SCHEDULING

• Component: Client
• Mode: Custom Client Scheduling (CCS)
• Type: String
• Description: This option specifies the scheduler the client will use whenever it submits a request:
  • BURST_REQUEST: round robin on the available SeD
  • BURST_LIMIT: only allow a certain number of request per SeD in parallel the limit can be set with "void setAllowedReqPerSeD(unsigned ix)"