Overview
If you have a HTCondor submit node on your campus, it can be configured to spill over onto available resources on the Open Science Grid. In HTCondor terms this is called flocking
If you are interested in this solution, please open a new ticket with the hostname.
Requirements
The requirements are:
- A public IP address, forward and reverse DNS
- Ability to open firewall ports
- HTCondor has to authenticate via pool password or GSI. For GSI, the submit host has to have a host certificate and a list of trusted CAs under /etc/grid-security/certificates/
- Reporting to the OSG accounting system has to be enabled. This can be accomplished by installing and configuring the gratia-probe-condor and gratia-probe-glideinwms RPMs.
- Submitted jobs should have the +ProjectName attribute specified with a valid registered project name.
Required Packages
Enable the OSG Yum repository.
Install the packages required:
# yum install osg-flock
Gratia Probe Configuration
Edit the /etc/gratia/condor/ProbeConfig file. Change the probe section to be:
ProbeName="condor:YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE"
SiteName="YOUR_SITE_HERE"
Grid="OSG"
SuppressUnknownVORecords="0"
SuppressNoDNRecords="0"
SuppressGridLocalRecords="1"
QuarantineUnknownVORecords="1"
EnableProbe="1"
MapUnknownToGroup="1"
MapGroupToRole="1"
VOOverride="osg"
Please remember to enable and start the probe:
[root ~]$ systemctl enable gratia-probes-cron
[root ~]$ systemctl start gratia-probes-cron
Pool Password: HTCondor Configuration
The following is a starting point for the HTCondor configuration. Depending on other site configuration, some changes might be required. Put this in for example /etc/condor/config.d/80-osg-flocking.conf
#-- With glideins, there is nothing shared
CONDOR_HOST=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
UID_DOMAIN=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
#-- Authentication settings
SEC_PASSWORD_FILE = /etc/condor/pool_password
SEC_DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION = REQUIRED
SEC_DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_METHODS = FS,PASSWORD
SEC_READ_AUTHENTICATION = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = OPTIONAL
SEC_ENABLE_MATCH_PASSWORD_AUTHENTICATION = TRUE
DENY_WRITE = anonymous@*
DENY_ADMINISTRATOR = anonymous@*
DENY_DAEMON = anonymous@*
DENY_NEGOTIATOR = anonymous@*
DENY_CLIENT = anonymous@*
#-- Privacy settings
SEC_DEFAULT_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
SEC_DEFAULT_INTEGRITY = REQUIRED
SEC_READ_INTEGRITY = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_INTEGRITY = OPTIONAL
SEC_READ_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
#-- With strong security, do not use IP based controls
HOSTALLOW_WRITE = *
# submitters/campus factories to flock to
FLOCK_TO = flock.opensciencegrid.org
GSI: HTCondor Configuration
The following is a starting point for the HTCondor configuration. Depending on other site configuration, some changes might be required. Put this in for example /etc/condor/config.d/80-osg-flocking.conf
#-- With glideins, there is nothing shared
CONDOR_HOST=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
UID_DOMAIN=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
FILESYSTEM_DOMAIN=$(FULL_HOSTNAME)
#-- Authentication settings
SEC_DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION = REQUIRED
SEC_DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_METHODS = FS,GSI
SEC_READ_AUTHENTICATION = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = OPTIONAL
SEC_ENABLE_MATCH_PASSWORD_AUTHENTICATION = TRUE
DENY_WRITE = anonymous@*
DENY_ADMINISTRATOR = anonymous@*
DENY_DAEMON = anonymous@*
DENY_NEGOTIATOR = anonymous@*
DENY_CLIENT = anonymous@*
#-- Privacy settings
SEC_DEFAULT_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
SEC_DEFAULT_INTEGRITY = REQUIRED
SEC_READ_INTEGRITY = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_INTEGRITY = OPTIONAL
SEC_READ_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
SEC_CLIENT_ENCRYPTION = OPTIONAL
#-- With strong security, do not use IP based controls
HOSTALLOW_WRITE = *
# OSG VO flocking host
OSG_FLOCK = flock.opensciencegrid.org
OSG_FLOCK_DN = /DC=org/DC=incommon/C=US/postalCode=53706/ST=WI/L=Madison/street=1210 West Dayton Street/O=University of Wisconsin-Madison/OU=OCIS/CN=flock.opensciencegrid.org
# submitters/campus factories to flock to
FLOCK_TO = $(FLOCK_TO) $(OSG_FLOCK)
# Who to trust? Inlucde the <VO>_DN to trust the submitter
GSI_DAEMON_NAME = $(GSI_DAEMON_NAME), $(OSG_FLOCK_DN)
# This host's certificates
# These are needed if you are flocking to a glideinwms host
GSI_DAEMON_CERT = /etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem
GSI_DAEMON_KEY = /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem
GSI: Requesting a Host Certificate
A host certificate is used for authenticating your submit host to the OSG infrastructure. If you do not already have a certificate, you can request one using these instructions
Project Names
OSG will only run jobs tagged with a valid ProjectName - this is the main attribute used for accounting. New projects should be registered in the OSG Topology Database. Please open at ticket to register a new project. Jobs should specify which project to be accounted against by adding the +ProhectNane attribute. Note that the value is a string and hence the double quotes are required. Example:
+ProjectName = "Some_Name_Here"
This page was updated on Jun 18, 2019 at 18:00 from hpcadmin/osg-flock.md.