Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of RemoteOverview

Timestamp:

Feb 15, 2013, 12:36:47 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

davea

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RemoteOverview

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+= Remote job submission - overview =
+
+In early versions of BOINC, scientists submitted jobs to
+a BOINC server by logging in to the server and running programs or scripts.
+More recently, BOINC has been used to build systems in which scientists can submit
+jobs without logging in to the BOINC server.
+These systems can be structured in various ways
+(several examples are shown below);
+we collectively call them '''remote job submission''' systems.
+
+In all these systems, job submitters are identified using accounts on the BOINC project
+(the same kind of accounts as volunteers; job submitters can also act as resource providers).
+Access control is provided by BOINC's [MultiUser multi-user project features]:
+users can submit jobs only if they have been given access by project administrators,
+and admins can restrict the apps for which each user is allowed to submit jobs.
+Users have '''quotas''' how resources are allocated to their jobs.
+
+== Components supplied by BOINC ==
+
+BOINC doesn't include a pre-packaged remote job submission system,
+but it provides a number of components that can be used to build such systems.
+
+=== Job submission control panel ===
+
+The web page '''submit.php''' allows users to view submitted jobs
+and retrieve their output files.
+This link should be shown only to authorized users.
+You can do this, e.g., by putting the following on your home page (index.php):
+{{{
+$user = get_logged_in_user(false);
+if ($user && BoincUserSubmit::lookup_userid($user->id);
+    echo '
+        <li><a href=submit.php>Job submission</a>
+        <li><a href=sandbox.php>File sandbox</a>
+    ';
+}
+}}}
+(include the "File sandbox" link if you use this feature - see below).
+
+=== Local PHP interfaces ===
+
+=== Web RPCs for input file management ===
+
+=== Web RPCs for job submission ===
+
+== Example: single-server portal ==
+
+In such systems, users submit jobs using forms on the project web site.
+These forms are application-specific; you must develop them yourself.
+Two examples are included in the BOINC distribution:
+ * '''html/user/tree_threader.php'''
+ * '''html/user/lammps.php'''
+
+TODO: provide a minimal/generic script.
+
+[[Image(submit2.png)]]
+
+== Example: multi-server portal ==
+
+In such systems, users submit jobs using forms on a web site
+other than the project web site.
+
+[[Image(submit.png)]]
+
+== Example: Condor/BOINC bridge ==
+
+In such systems, users submit jobs to a Condor system
+using any a command-line or GUI-based interface.
+The Condor system may, depending on load conditions, route the job to
+a BOINC project.
+This system uses web RPCs for all functions.
+