Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of shepherding_the_pstamp_server

Timestamp:

May 10, 2013, 11:52:52 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

bills

Comment:

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shepherding_the_pstamp_server

@@ -6 +6 @@
 
 Postage stamp request files are fits tables that contain 1 or more request specifications.
-Request files are submitted to the system three ways. 
+Request files are submitted to the system five ways. 
     * By posting to a fileset on a data store that the server is monitoring
     * by uploading a request file to the [http://pstamp.ipp.ifa.hawaii.edu/upload.php upload page].
-    * by entering a "valid" set of paramters on the [http://pstamp.ipp.ifa.hawaii.edu/request.php prototype web interface] 
+    * By entering a request on the PSI form
+    * by entering a "valid" set of parameters on the [http://pstamp.ipp.ifa.hawaii.edu/request.php prototype web interface] 
+    * adding the request into the database with pstamptool -addreq -uri /request_file_path -label some label
 
 Each file is represented in the database by a row in the table pstampRequest. The request starts
-life in state 'new'. Once it is done parsing the state is set to 'run'. Request files are parsed into jobs by the task pstamp.job.run. The working directory for a request is /data/ippc17.0/pstamp/work/$datestr/$req_id.
+life in state 'new'. Once it is done parsing the state is set to 'run'. Request files are parsed into jobs by the task pstamp.job.run. The working directory for a request is /data/ippc30.1/pstamp/work/$yyyy/$mm/$dd/$req_id. (Dates are UTC)
 
 For example here is the entry for a request while it is being parsed 
@@ -59 +61 @@
 '''Monitoring'''
 
+The current workload can be seen at  http://pstamp.ipp.ifa.hawaii.edu/status.php
 
 Since the postage stamp / data store database is on ippc17 and not ippdb01