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NAME

       condor_annex - HTCondor Manual

       Add cloud resources to the pool.

SYNOPSIS

       condor_annex -help

       condor_annex  [-aws-region  <region>] -setup [FROM INSTANCE|[/full/path/to/access/key/file
       [/full/path/to/secret/key/file]]]

       condor_annex [-aws-on-demand ] -annex-name <name of the annex> -count <integer  number  of
       instances> [-aws-on-demand-* ] [common options ]

       condor_annex  [-aws-spot-fleet  ]  -annex-name <name of the annex> -slots <integer weight>
       [-aws-spot-fleet-* ] [common options ]

       condor_annex -annex-name <name of the annex> -duration hours

       condor_annex [-annex-name <name of the annex>] -status [-classad ]

       condor_annex -check-setup

       condor_annex <condor_annex options> status <condor_status options>

DESCRIPTION

       condor_annex adds clouds resources to the pool. ("The pool" is  determined  in  the  usual
       manner  for  HTCondor  daemons  and tools.) This version supports only Amazon Web Services
       ('AWS'). To add "on-demand" instances, use the third form  listed  above;  to  add  "spot"
       instances, use the fourth. For an explanation of terms, consult either the HTCondor manual
       in the Cloud Computing chapter or the AWS documentation.

       Using condor_annex with AWS requires a one-time  setup  procedure  performed  by  invoking
       condor_annex  with  the  -setup flag (the second form listed above). You may check if this
       procedure has been performed with the -check-setup flag (the seventh form  listed  above).
       If  you  use  the setup flag on an instance whose role gives it sufficient privileges, you
       may, instead of specifying your API keys, pass FROM INSTANCE to -setup to ask condor_annex
       to use the instance's role credentials.

       To  reset  the  lease  on an existing annex, invoke condor_annex with only the -annex-name
       option and -duration flag (the fifth form listed above).

       To determine which of the instances previously requested for a particular  annex  are  not
       currently  in  the  pool,  invoke  condor_annex  with the -status flag and the -annex-name
       option (the sixth form listed above). The  output  of  this  command  is  intended  to  be
       human-readable;  specifying the -classad flag will produce the same information in ClassAd
       format. If you omit -annex-name, information for all annexes will be returned.

       Starting in 8.7.3, you may instead invoke condor_annex with status as a  command  argument
       (the  eighth  form  listed  above).  This  will cause condor_annex to use condor_status to
       present annex instance data. Arguments and options on the command line after  status  will
       be  passed  unmodified  to condor_status, but not all arguments and options will behave as
       expected. (See below.)  condor_annex will construct an ad for each annex instance and pass
       that  information to condor_status; condor_status will (unless you specify otherwise using
       its  command  line)  query  the  collector  for  more  information  about  the  instances.
       Information  from  the  collector will be presented as usual; instances which did not have
       ads in the collector will be presented last, in their own table. These instances  can  not
       be  presented in the usual way because the annex instance ads generated by condor_annex do
       not (and can not) have the same information in them as ads generated  by  a  condor_startd
       running  in  the instance. See the condor_status manual page for details about the "merge"
       mode of condor_status used by this command  argument.  Note  that  both  condor_annex  and
       condor_status  have  -annex-name  options; if you're interested in a particular annex, put
       this flag on the command line before  the  status  command  argument  to  avoid  confusing
       results.

       Common  options are listed first, followed by options specific to AWS, followed by options
       specific to AWS' on-demand instances, followed by options specific to AWS' spot instances,
       followed by options intended for use by experts.

OPTIONS

          -help  Print a usage reminder.

          -setup [/full/path/to/access/key/file/full/path/to/secret/key/file]
                 Do the first-time setup.

          -duration hours
                 Set  the maximum lease duration in decimal hours. After this amount of time, all
                 instances will terminated, regardless of their idleness. Defaults to 50 minutes.

          -idle hours
                 Set the maximum idle duration in decimal hours. An instance idle for longer than
                 this duration will terminate itself. Defaults to 15 minutes.

          -yes   Start the annex automatically without a yes/no confirmation prompt.

          -tag name value
                 Add  a  tag named name with value value to each instance in the requested annex.
                 Only works at annex creation.  This option may be specified more than once.

          -config-dir /full/path/to/directory
                 Copy the contents of /full/path/to/directory to  each  instance's  configuration
                 directory.

          -owner owner[, owner]*
                 Configure  the  annex  so  that  only  owner  may  start jobs there. By default,
                 configure the annex so that only the user running condor_annex  may  start  jobs
                 there.

          -no-owner
                 Configure the annex so that anyone in the pool may use the annex.

          -aws-region region
                 Specify the region in which to create the annex.

          -aws-user-data user-data
                 Set the instance user data to user-data.

          -aws-user-data-file /full/path/to/file
                 Set the instance user data to the contents of the file /full/path/to/file.

          -aws-default-user-data user-data
                 Set  the instance user data to user-data, if it's not already set.  Only applies
                 to spot fleet requests.

          -aws-default-user-data-file /full/path/to/file
                 Set the instance user data to the contents of the  file  /full/path/to/file,  if
                 it's not already set. Only applies to spot fleet requests.

          -aws-on-demand-instance-type instance-type
                 This annex will requests instances of type instance-type. The default for v8.7.1
                 is 'm4.large'.

          -aws-on-demand-ami-id ami-id
                 This annex will start instances of the AMI ami-id. The  default  for  v8.7.1  is
                 'ami-35b13223', a GPU-compatible Amazon Linux image with HTCondor pre-installed.

          -aws-on-demand-security-group-ids group-id[,group-id]
                 This annex will start instances with the listed security group IDs.  The default
                 is the security group created by -setup.

          -aws-on-demand-key-name key-name
                 This annex will start instances with the key pair named key-name.   The  default
                 is the key pair created by -setup.

          -aws-spot-fleet-config-file /full/path/to/file
                 Use the JSON blob in /full/path/to/file for the spot fleet request.

          -aws-access-key-file /full/path/to/access-key-file
                 Experts only.

          -aws-secret-key-file /full/path/to/secret-key-file
                 Experts only.

          -aws-ec2-url https://ec2.<region>.amazonaws.com
                 Experts only.

          -aws-events-url https://events.<region>.amazonaws.com
                 Experts only.

          -aws-lambda-url https://lambda.<region>.amazonaws.com
                 Experts only.

          -aws-s3-url https://s3.<region>.amazonaws.com
                 Experts only.

          -aws-spot-fleet-lease-function-arn sfr-lease-function-arn
                 Developers only.

          -aws-on-demand-lease-function-arn odi-lease-function-arn
                 Developers only.

          -aws-on-demand-instance-profile-arn instance-profile-arn
                 Developers only.

GENERAL REMARKS

       Currently,  only  AWS  is  supported. The AMI configured by setup runs HTCondor v8.6.10 on
       Amazon Linux 2016.09, and the default instance type is "m4.large". The default AMI has the
       appropriate drivers for AWS' GPU instance types.

EXAMPLES

       To  start an on-demand annex named 'MyFirstAnnex' with one core, using the default AMI and
       instance type, run

          $ condor_annex -count 1 -annex-name MyFirstAnnex

       You will be asked to confirm that the defaults are what you want.

       As of 2017-04-17, the following example will cost a minimum of $90.

       To start an on-demand annex with 100 GPUs that job owners 'big' and 'little' may  use  (be
       sure to include yourself!), run

          $ condor_annex -count 100 -annex-name MySecondAnnex \
            -aws-on-demand-instance-type p2.xlarge -owner "big, little"

EXIT STATUS

       condor_annex will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) on success.

AUTHOR

       HTCondor Team

COPYRIGHT

       1990-2024,  Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University
       of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

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