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Pilot Options

Paul Nilsson edited this page Apr 25, 2022 · 1 revision

The table below contains a list of the various pilot launch options and their descriptions.

Example of pilot launch with a minimal set of options:

python pilot.py -q ANALY_CERN-PTEST --pilot-user=ATLAS

Option Default value Description
-a <value>   Pilot work directory
-d False Enable debug mode for logging messages
-i <value> PR Version tag (optional: RC)
-j <value> ptest Job prod_source_label, used to select job type from server
-l <value> 324000 Pilot lifetime in seconds. queuedata.maxtime will be used if set
-p <value> 25443 PanDA server port
-q <value>   Required: Queue name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST-condor)
-r <value>   OBSOLETE: resource name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST). Can be safely removed from pilot wrapper
-s <value>   OBSOLETE: site name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST). Can be safely removed from pilot wrapper
-t True Disable proxy verification
-u True Disable payload proxy verification
-v <value> 2 Number of getjob requests
-w <value> generic Pilot workflow
-z True Disable server updates
--allow-other-country <value>   PanDA server port
--allow-same-user <value>   Multi-jobs will only come from same taskID (and thus same user)
--cacert <value>   CA certificate to use with HTTPS calls to server, commonly X509 proxy
--capath <value>   CA certificates path
--cleanup <value> True Cleanup work directory after pilot has finished
--country-group <value>   Country group option for getjob request
--es-executor-type <value> generic Executor type for event service (generic or raythena)
--harvester-datadir <value>   Harvester data directory
--harvester-eventstatusdump <value>   Harvester event status dump json file containing processing status
--harvester-submit-mode <value> PULL Harvester submit mode (PUSH or PULL)
--harvester-workdir <value>   Harvester work directory
--harvester-workerattributes <value>   Harvester worker attributes json file containing job status
--hpc-mode <value> manytoone HPC mode (manytoone, jumbojobs)
--hpc-resource <value>   Name of the HPC resource (e.g. Summit)
--input-dir <value>   Input directory (pilot expects to find input files here if this is specified)
--job-type <value>   Job type (managed, user)
--no-pilot-log False Do not write the pilot log to file
--output-dir <value>   Output directory (pilot expects to find output files here if this is specified)
--pilot-user <value> generic Required: Pilot user, e.g. name of experiment
--queuedata-url <value>   Queue data server URL (default value stored in default.cfg)
--resource-type <value>   Resource type; MCORE, SCORE, SCORE_HIMEM or MCORE_HIMEM
--url <value>   PanDA server URL (default value stored in default.cfg)
--use-https <value> True Use HTTPS protocol for communications with server
--working-group <value>   Working group option for getjob request