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-- Main.ColinLeavettBrown - 2015-06-22

---++ Cloud howto: running batch jobs with HTCondor/Cloud Scheduler

   * Obtain images:
      * Easiest: Use cloud provided default images (installed as public images by sysadmins).
      * [[http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ch_preface.html][OpenStack image guide:]] 
         * Download, see section 2
            * Pick an image from the install guide
            * wget
            * horizon image create
         * Create image with virt-install (& cobbler), see section 5.
            * [[%ATTACHURL%/CobblerInstallVM.png][Hardware confguration]]
      * Image format conversion:
         * qemu-img convert (raw, qcow2, vdi, vmdk, vpc)
      * Uploading a custom image:
         * horizon
         * glance command

   * Customizing images:
      * Interractive instantiation:
         * horizon
         * nova boot
      * login as root and modify image
      * Snapshot

   * Running batch jobs:
      * Prepare executable
      * Prepare JDL
      * Prepare data souces and repositories
      * Submit jobs
      * Monitoring jobs
      * Retrieving job output

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