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h1. Crunch2 installation
(DRAFT -- when ready, this will move to doc.arvados.org→install)
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h2. Set up a crunch-dispatch service
Currently, dispatching containers via SLURM is supported.
Install crunch-dispatch-slurm on a node that can submit SLURM jobs. This can be the slurm controller node, a worker node, or any other node that has the appropriate SLURM/munge configuration.
<pre><code class="shell">
sudo apt-get install crunch-dispatch-slurm
</code></pre>
Create a privileged token for use by the dispatcher. If you have multiple dispatch processes, you should give each one a different token.
<pre><code class="shell">
apiserver:~$ cd /var/www/arvados-api/current
apiserver:/var/www/arvados-api/current$ sudo -u webserver-user RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec script/create_superuser_token.rb
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</code></pre>
Save the token on the dispatch node, in <code>/etc/sv/crunch-dispatch-slurm/env/ARVADOS_API_TOKEN</code>
Example runit script (@/etc/sv/crunch-dispatch-slurm/run@):
<pre><code class="shell">
#!/bin/sh
set -e
exec 2>&1
export ARVADOS_API_HOST=uuid_prefix.your.domain
exec chpst -e ./env -u crunch crunch-dispatch-slurm
</code></pre>
Ensure the @crunch@ user exists -- and has the same UID, GID, and home directory -- on the dispatch node and all SLURM compute nodes. Ensure the @crunch@ user can run docker containers on SLURM compute nodes.
h2. Install crunch-run on all compute nodes
<pre><code class="shell">
sudo apt-get install crunch-run
</code></pre>
h2. Enable cgroup accounting on all compute nodes
(This requirement isn't new for crunch2/containers, but it seems to be a FAQ. The Docker install guide mentions it's optional and performance-degrading, so it's not too surprising if people skip it. Perhaps we should say why/when it's a good idea to enable it?)
Check https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ for instructions specific to your distribution.
For example, on Ubuntu:
# Update @/etc/default/grub@ to include: <pre>
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1"
</pre>
# @sudo update-grub@
# Reboot
h2. Configure docker
Unchanged from current docs.
h2. Test the dispatcher
On Monitor the dispatch node, monitor the crunch-dispatch logs.
<pre><code class="shell">
dispatch-node$ tail -F /etc/sv/crunch-dispatch-slurm/log/main/current
</code></pre>
On Run a shell VM, install a docker image for testing.
<pre><code class="shell">
user@shellvm:~$ arv-keepdocker busybox
</code></pre>
On a shell VM, run a trivial container.
<pre><code class="shell">
user@shellvm:~$ arv container_request create --container-request '{
"name": "test",
"state": "Committed",
"priority": 1,
"container_image": "busybox", "XXX-TBD",
"command": ["echo", "OK"]
}'
</code></pre>