Linux (as root)

For ease of installation on Linux, we provide a script that will automatically download, install and start HTCondor.

Quickstart Installation Instructions

Warning

  • RedHat systems must be attached to a subscription.

  • Debian and Ubuntu containers don’t come with curl installed, so run the following first.

    apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
    

The command below shows how to download the script and run it immediately; if you would like to inspect it first, see Inspecting the Script. The default behavior will create a complete HTCondor pool with its multiple roles on one computer, referred to in this manual as a “minicondor.” Experienced users who are making an HTCondor pool out of multiple machines should add a flag to select the desired role; see the Administrative Quick Start Guide for more details.

curl -fsSL https://get.htcondor.org | sudo /bin/bash -s -- --no-dry-run

If you see an error like bash: sudo: command not found, try re-running the command above without the sudo.

Inspecting the Script

If you would like to inspect the script before you running it on your system as root, you can:

  • read the script;

  • compare the script to the versions in our GitHub repository;

  • or run the script as user nobody, dropping the --no-dry-run flag. This will cause the script to print out what it would do if run for real. You can then inspect the output and copy-and-paste it to perform the installation.

Verifying a Single-Machine Installation

You can easily check to see if the installation procedure succeeded. The following commands should complete without errors, producing output that looks like the corresponding example.

condor_status
Name                 OpSys      Arch   State     Activity     LoadAv Mem   Actv

slot1@azaphrael.org  LINUX      X86_64 Unclaimed Benchmarking  0.000 2011  0+00
slot2@azaphrael.org  LINUX      X86_64 Unclaimed Idle          0.000 2011  0+00
slot3@azaphrael.org  LINUX      X86_64 Unclaimed Idle          0.000 2011  0+00
slot4@azaphrael.org  LINUX      X86_64 Unclaimed Idle          0.000 2011  0+00

           Total Owner Claimed Unclaimed Matched Preempting Backfill  Drain

X86_64/LINUX    4     0       0        4        0          0        0      0
       Total    4     0       0        4        0          0        0      0
condor_q
-- Schedd: azaphrael.org : <184.60.25.78:34585?... @ 11/11/20 14:44:06
OWNER BATCH_NAME      SUBMITTED   DONE   RUN    IDLE   HOLD  TOTAL JOB_IDS

Total for query: 0 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended
Total for all users: 0 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended

If both commands worked, the installation likely succeeded.

Where to Go from Here

Setting Up a Whole Pool

The details of using this installation procedure to create a multi-machine HTCondor pool are described in the admin quick-start guide: Administrative Quick Start Guide.