(Python) Process Manager
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Overview
This repository proves pman – a process manager. This is a bleeding edge development branch.
pman
Most simply, pman manages processes, i.e. programs or applications that are run by an underlying system. Typically, these processes are command line applications (i.e. have no GUI) and usually do not interact really with a user at all. The primary purpose of pman is to provide other software agents the ability to execute processes via http. In addition, pman keeps a record of the current and historical state of processes that it has executed and is thus able to respond to queries about the processes. Some of the queries that pman can address are
state: Is job <XYZ> still running?
result: What is the stdout (or stderr) from job <XYZ>?
control: Kill job <XYZ>
pman also maintains a persistent human-readable/friendly database-in-the-filesystem of jobs and states of jobs.
Installation
Installation is relatively straightforward, and we recommend using either python virtual environments or docker.
Python Virtual Environment
On Ubuntu, install the Python virtual environment creator
sudo apt install virtualenv
Then, create a directory for your virtual environments e.g.:
mkdir ~/python-envs
You might want to add to your .bashrc file these two lines:
export WORKON_HOME=~/python-envs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Then you can source your .bashrc and create a new Python3 virtual environment:
source .bashrc
mkvirtualenv --python=python3 python_env
To activate or “enter” the virtual env:
workon python_env
To deactivate virtual env:
deactivate
Using the fnndsc/ubuntu-python3 dock
We provide a slim docker image with python3 based off Ubuntu. If you want to play inside this dock and install pman manually, do
docker pull fnndsc/ubuntu-python3
This docker has an entry point python3. To enter the dock at a different entry and install your own stuff:
docker run -ti --entrypoint /bin/bash fnndsc/ubuntu-python3
Now, install pman and friends using pip
apt update && \
apt install -y libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev librtmp-dev && \
pip install pman
If you do the above, remember to commit your changes to the docker image otherwise they’ll be lost when you remove the dock instance!
docker commit <container-ID> local/ubuntu-python3-pman
where ``<container-ID>`` is the ID of the above container.
Using the fnndsc/pman dock
The easiest option however, is to just use the fnndsc/pman dock.
docker pull fnndsc/pman
and then run
docker run --name pman -v /home:/Users --rm -ti fnndsc/pman --rawmode 1 --http --port 5010 --listeners 12
Usage
pman usage
For pman detailed information, see the pman wiki page.
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