InProcessComputingElement

The simplest of the “inner” CEs (meaning it’s used by a jobAgent inside a pilot)

A “InProcess” CE instance submits jobs in the current process. This is the standard “inner CE” invoked from the JobAgent, main alternative being the PoolCE

class DIRAC.Resources.Computing.InProcessComputingElement.InProcessComputingElement(ceUniqueID)

Bases: ComputingElement

__init__(ceUniqueID)

Standard constructor.

available()

This method returns the number of available slots in the target CE. The CE instance polls for waiting and running jobs and compares to the limits in the CE parameters.

getCEStatus()

Method to return information on running and waiting jobs, as well as number of available processors

getDescription()

Get CE description as a dictionary.

This is called by the JobAgent for the case of “inner” CEs.

initializeParameters()

Initialize the CE parameters after they are collected from various sources

isValid()

Check the sanity of the Computing Element definition

loadBatchSystem(batchSystemName)

Instantiate object representing the backend batch system

Parameters:

batchSystemName (str) – name of the batch system

sendOutput(stdid, line)

Callback function such that the results from the CE may be returned.

setCPUTimeLeft(cpuTimeLeft=None)

Update the CPUTime parameter of the CE classAd, necessary for running in filling mode

setParameters(ceOptions)

Add parameters from the given dictionary overriding the previous values

Parameters:

ceOptions (dict) – CE parameters dictionary to update already defined ones

setProxy(proxy)

Set proxy for this instance

setToken(token)
shutdown()

Optional method to shutdown the (Inner) Computing Element

submitJob(executableFile, proxy=None, inputs=None, **kwargs)

Method to submit job (overriding base method).

Parameters:
  • executableFile (str) – file to execute via systemCall. Normally the JobWrapperTemplate when invoked by the JobAgent.

  • proxy (str) – the proxy used for running the job (the payload). It will be dumped to a file.

  • inputs (list) – dependencies of executableFile

Returns:

S_OK(payload exit code) / S_ERROR() if submission issue

writeProxyToFile(proxy)

CE helper function to write a CE proxy string to a file.