condor j2 + developer apis to condor + a tutorial on condor’s web service interface

Todd TannenbaumComputer Sciences DepartmentUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

matt@cs.wisc.edu tannenba@cs.wisc.eduhttp://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor

Condor J2+

Developer APIs to Condor+

A Tutorial on Condor’s Web Service

Interface

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CondorJ2› Quill/Quill++: Database reflects state of Condor pool› Condor J2: Database is the state of Condor pool› Overview of CondorJ2

Use database to maintain operational data (workflow state, machine state, config policies, etc.)

Implement workflow management, resource management and resource allocation in J2EE Application Server environment

Modify master, startd and starter to be web service clients Provide web interface for all system services (workflow

submission, machine reconfiguration etc.)

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Motivation› Flexibility› Centralized Administratibility› Attempt to leverage standard

“enterprise” technology in this space› Scalability

As big as you want if you are willing to pay the big $$$

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Java Application Servers› Industrial strength middleware for high performance &

scalable web applications› Widely deployed systems

Oracle AS 10g, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, JBoss (open source)

› Key features Database connection pooling Support for transactions Web service interfaces Support for clustering (for scalability) Pluggable security models / role based authorization Backend database independence

CondorWeb Services

User’s WebBrowser

Condor PoolWeb Site

CondorDatabase

Web Service Clients

SOAP over HTTP

masterstartdstarter

Execute Machines

Application Server

User’s CustomTools

MachineModules

MatchmakingModules

WorkflowModules

HTTP

JDBC

JDBC

Execute Machines

SOAP over HTTP

startd

job

starter

PoolDatabase

ApplicationServer

ApplicationServer

ApplicationServer

LoadBalancer

Firewall

startd

job

starter startd

job

starter

NAT

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What can do in CondorJ2 via browsers and web

services?› Where do we stand now?

Add and configure new machines Reconfigure machines on the fly Specify, submit, monitor and manage workflows Monitor global system state No matchmaking (yet)

› Is currently research work. When will it ship? Will it ever ship? Only time will tell.

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Interfacing Applications w/ Condor

› Suppose you have an application which needs a lot of compute cycles

› You want this application to utilize a pool of machines

› How can this be done?

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Some Condor APIs› MW (previous talk) › Command Line tools

condor_submit, condor_q, etc› DRMAA› Condor GAHP› Condor Perl Module› SOAP

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Command Line Tools› Don’t underestimate them!› Your program can create a submit

file on disk and simply invoke condor_submit:system(“echo universe=VANILLA > /tmp/condor.sub”);system(“echo executable=myprog >> /tmp/condor.sub”);. . .system(“echo queue >> /tmp/condor.sub”);system(“condor_submit /tmp/condor.sub”);

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Command Line Tools› Your program can create a submit

file and give it to condor_submit through stdin:PERL: fopen(SUBMIT, “|condor_submit”);

print SUBMIT “universe=VANILLA\n”;. . .

C/C++: int s = popen(“condor_submit”, “r+”);write(s, “universe=VANILLA\n”,

17/*len*/);. . .

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Command Line Tools› Using the +Attribute with

condor_submit:universe = VANILLAexecutable = /bin/hostnameoutput = job.outlog = job.log+webuser = “zmiller”queue

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Command Line Tools› Use -constraint and –format with

condor_q:% condor_q -constraint ‘webuser==“zmiller”’-- Submitter: bio.cs.wisc.edu : <128.105.147.96:37866> : bio.cs.wisc.edu ID OWNER SUBMITTED RUN_TIME ST PRI SIZE CMD 213503.0 zmiller 10/11 06:00 0+00:00:00 I 0 0.0 hostname

% condor_q -constraint 'webuser=="zmiller"' -format "%i\t" ClusterId -format "%s\n" Cmd

213503 /bin/hostname

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Command Line Tools› condor_wait will watch a job log file

and wait for a certain (or all) jobs to complete:

system(“condor_wait job.log”);

› can specify a timeout

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Command Line Tools› condor_q and condor_status –xml

option› So it is relatively simple to build on

top of Condor’s command line tools alone, and can be accessed from many different languages (C, PERL, python, PHP, etc).

› However…

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DRMAA› DRMAA is a GGF standardized job-

submission API› Has C (and now Java) bindings› Is not Condor-specific -- your app could

submit to any job scheduler with minimal changes (probably just linking in a different library)

› SourceForge Project http://sourceforge.net/projects/condor-ext

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DRMAA› Easy to use, but› Unfortunately, the DRMAA API does

not support some very important features, such as: Two-phase commit Fault tolerance Transactions

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Condor GAHP

› The Condor GAHP is a relatively low-level protocol based on simple ASCII messages through stdin and stdout

› Supports a rich feature set including two-phase commits, transactions, and optional asynchronous notification of events

› Is available in Condor 6.7.X

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GAHP, contExample:

R: $GahpVersion: 1.0.0 Nov 26 2001 NCSA\ CoG\ Gahpd $S: GRAM_PING 100 vulture.cs.wisc.edu/forkR: ES: RESULTSR: ES: COMMANDSR: S COMMANDS GRAM_JOB_CANCEL GRAM_JOB_REQUEST GRAM_JOB_SIGNAL

GRAM_JOB_STATUS GRAM_PING INITIALIZE_FROM_FILE QUIT RESULTS VERSIONS: VERSIONR: S $GahpVersion: 1.0.0 Nov 26 2001 NCSA\ CoG\ Gahpd $S: INITIALIZE_FROM_FILE /tmp/grid_proxy_554523.txtR: SS: GRAM_PING 100 vulture.cs.wisc.edu/forkR: SS: RESULTSR: S 0S: RESULTSR: S 1R: 100 0S: QUITR: S

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Condor Perl Module› Perl module to parse the “job log

file”› Recommended instead of polling w/

condor_q› Call-back event model› (Note: job log can be written in

XML)

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SOAP› Simple Object Access Protocol

Mechanism for doing RPC using XML (typically over HTTP or HTTPS)

A World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard

› SOAP Toolkit: Transform a WSDL to a client library

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Benefits of a Condor SOAP API

› Condor becomes a service Can be accessed with standard web service

tools› Condor accessible from platforms

where its command-line tools are not supported

› Talk to Condor with your favorite language and SOAP toolkit

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Condor SOAP API functionality

› Submit jobs› Retrieve job output› Remove/hold/release jobs› Query machine status› Query job status

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Getting machine status via SOAP

Your program

SOAP library

queryStartdAds()

condor_collector

Machine List

SOAP over HTTP

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Lets get some details…

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The API› Core API, described with WSDL, is

designed to be as flexible as possible File transfer is done in chunks Transactions are explicit

› Wrapper libraries aim to make common tasks as simple as possible Currently in Java and C# Expose an object-oriented interface

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Condor setup› Start with a working condor_config› The SOAP interface is off by default

Turn it on by adding ENABLE_SOAP=TRUE› Access to the SOAP interface is denied by default

Set ALLOW_SOAP and DENY_SOAP, they work like ALLOW_READ/WRITE/…

See section 3.7.4 of the v6.7 manual for a description Example: ALLOW_SOAP=*/*.cs.wisc.edu

› If using HTTP, must setQUEUE_ALL_USERS_TRUSTED=TRUE (not needed/wanted with HTTPS)

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Necessary tools› You need a SOAP toolkit

Apache Axis (Java) - http://ws.apache.org/axis/ Microsoft .Net - http://microsoft.com/net/ gSOAP (C/C++) - http://gsoap2.sf.net/ ZSI (Python) - http://pywebsvcs.sf.net/ SOAP::Lite (Perl) - http://soaplite.com/

› You need Condor’s WSDL files Find them in lib/webservice/ in your Condor release

› Put the two together to generate a client library $ java org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java condorSchedd.wsdl

› Compile that client library $ javac condor/*.java

All our examples are in Java using Apache Axis

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Helpful tools› The core API has some complex spots› A wrapper library is available in Java and C#

Makes the API a bit easier to use (e.g. simpler file transfer & job ad submission)

Makes the API more OO, no need to remember and pass around transaction ids

› We are going to use the Java wrapper library for our examples You can download it from

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/birdbath/birdbath.jar Will be included in Condor release

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Submitting a job› The CLI way…

universe = vanillaexecutable = /bin/cparguments = cp.sub cp.workedshould_transfer_files = yestransfer_input_files = cp.subwhen_to_transfer_output = on_exitqueue 1

$ condor_submit cp.sub

cp.sub:

Explicit bits

clusterid = Xprocid = Yowner = mattrequirements = Z

Implicit bits

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• The SOAP way…1.Begin transaction2.Create cluster3.Create job4.Send files5.Describe job6.Commit transaction

Repeat to submit multiple jobs in a single cluster

Submitting a job

Repeat to submit multiple clusters

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1. Begin transaction

2. Create cluster3. Create job

4&5. Send files & describe job6. Commit transaction

Schedd schedd = new Schedd(“http://…”);Transaction xact =

schedd.createTransaction();xact.begin(30);int cluster = xact.createCluster();int job = xact.createJob(cluster);File[] files = { new File(“cp.sub”) };xact.submit(cluster, job, “owner”,

UniverseType.VANILLA, “/bin/cp”, “cp.sub cp.worked”, “requirements”, null, files);

xact.commit();

Submission from Java

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Schedd’s location

Max time between calls (seconds)

Job owner, e.g. “matt”

Requirements, e.g. “OpSys==\“Linux\””Extra attributes, e.g. Out=“stdout.txt” or Err=“stderr.txt”

Schedd schedd = new Schedd(“http://…”);Transaction xact =

schedd.createTransaction();xact.begin(30);int cluster = xact.createCluster();int job = xact.createJob(cluster);File[] files = { new File("cp.sub") };xact.submit(cluster, job, “owner”,

UniverseType.VANILLA, “/bin/cp”, “cp.sub cp.worked”, “requirements”, null, files);

xact.commit();

Submission from Java

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Querying jobs› The CLI way…$ condor_q

-- Submitter: localhost : <127.0.0.1:1234> : localhost ID OWNER SUBMITTED RUN_TIME ST PRI SIZE CMD 1.0 matt 10/27 14:45 0+02:46:42 C 0 1.8 sleep 10000…

42 jobs; 1 idle, 1 running, 1 held, 1 unexpanded

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Also, getJobAds given a constraint, e.g. “Owner==\“matt\””

String[] statusName = { “”, “Idle”, “Running”, “Removed”, “Completed”, “Held” };

int cluster = 1;int job = 0;

Schedd schedd = new Schedd(“http://…”);ClassAd ad = new ClassAd(schedd.getJobAd(cluster, job));

int status = Integer.valueOf(ad.get(“JobStatus”));System.out.println(“Job is “ + statusName[status]);

Querying jobs› The SOAP way from Java…

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Retrieving a job› The CLI way..› Well, if you are submitting to a local

Schedd, the Schedd will have all of a job’s output written back for you

› If you are doing remote submission you need condor_transfer_data, which takes a constraint and transfers all files in spool directories of matching jobs

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Discover available files

Remote file

Local file

Retrieving a job› The SOAP way in Java…

int cluster = 1;int job = 0;Schedd schedd = new Schedd(“http://…”);Transaction xact = schedd.createTransaction();xact.begin(30);FileInfo[] files = xact.listSpool(cluster, job);for (FileInfo file : files) {

xact.getFile(cluster, job, file.getName(), file.getSize(), new File(file.getName()));

}xact.commit();

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Authentication for SOAP› Authentication is done via mutual SSL

authentication Both the client and server have certificates and

identify themselves› Possible in 6.7.20› It is not always necessary, e.g. in some

controlled environments (a portal) where the submitting component is trusted

› A necessity in an open environment -- remember that the submit call takes the job’s owner as a parameter

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Questions?

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Authentication setup› Create and sign some certificates› Use OpenSSL to create a CA

CA.sh -newca› Create a server cert and password-less key

CA.sh -newreq && CA.sh -sign mv newcert.pem server-cert.pem openssl rsa -in newreq.pem -out server-key.pem

› Create a client cert and key CA.sh -newreq && CA.sh -sign && mv

newcert.pem client-cert.pem && mv newreq.pem client-key.pem

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Authentication config› Config options…

ENABLE_SOAP_SSL is FALSE by default <SUBSYS>_SOAP_SSL_PORT

• Set this to a different port for each SUBSYS you want to talk to over ssl, the default is a random port

• Example: SCHEDD_SOAP_SSL_PORT=1980 SOAP_SSL_SERVER_KEYFILE is required and has no

default• The file containing the server’s certificate AND

private key, i.e. “keyfile” after cat server-cert.pem server-key.pem > keyfile

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Authentication config› Config options continue…

SOAP_SSL_CA_FILE is required• The file containing public CA certificates

used in signing client certificates, e.g. demoCA/cacert.pem

› All options except SOAP_SSL_PORT have an optional SUBSYS_* version For instance, turn on SSL for everyone

except the Collector with• ENABLE_SOAP_SSL=TRUE• COLLECTOR_ENABLE_SOAP_SSL=FALSE

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One last bit of config› The certificates we generated have a principal name,

which is not standard across many authentication mechanisms

› Condor maps authenticated names (here, principal names) to canonical names that are authentication method independent

› This is done through mapfiles, given by SEC_CANONICAL_MAPFILE and SEC_USER_MAPFILE

› Canonical map: SSL .*emailAddress=(.*) \1

› “SSL” is the authentication method, “.*emailAddress….*” is a pattern to match against authenticated names, and “\1” is the canonical name, in this case the username on the email in the principal

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HTTPS with Java› Setup keys…

keytool -import -keystore truststore -trustcacerts -file demoCA/cacert.pem

openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey client-key.pem -in client-cert.pem -out keystore

› All the previous code stays the same, just set some properties javax.net.ssl.trustStore, javax.net.ssl.keyStore,

javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType, javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword

Example: java -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=truststore -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStoreType=PKCS12 -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=pass