Re: [Condor-users] Using Condor for interactive work

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Chesal wrote:
> > Is it possible to use Condor to run interactive jobs?  I have poked
> > around using google but can find no clear answer to that question.
>
> We use Condor to launch xterms and VNC sessions on dedicated machines in
> our server room, back on the submitting user's desktop. So, yes, it's
> possible. Not going to say it's easy. But it can be done.

Ian idea above (submitting xterms) is great for running interactive jobs 
that you want scheduled (queued).

Another idea is to use condor_findhost - see
   http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.0/condor_findhost.html

condor_ findhost searches a Condor pool of machines for the best machine 
or machines that will have the minimum impact on running Condor jobs if 
the machine or machines are taken out of the pool. The search may be 
limited to the machine or machines that match a set of constraints and 
rank expression.

For your interactive work that you want launched immediately, you could 
ssh to a machine suggested by condor_findhost.  In addition, you could 
set your START expression to not schedule jobs being used by interactive 
users by avoiding machines with keyboard activity (which includes pty 
activity created by ssh).


> - Ian
>
>
> Confidentiality Notice.  This message may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure.
> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, 
> or copying of this message, or any attachments, is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this message in error, 
> please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message and any attachments.  Thank you.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Condor-users mailing list
> To unsubscribe, send a message to condor-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx with a
> subject: Unsubscribe
> You can also unsubscribe by visiting
> https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/condor-users
>
> The archives can be found at: 
> https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/archive/condor-users/


--
Todd Tannenbaum                       University of Wisconsin-Madison
Condor Project Research               Department of Computer Sciences
tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx                  1210 W. Dayton St. Rm #4257
Phone: (608) 263-7132                 Madison, WI 53706-1685