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6 condor_config_val - HTCondor Manual
7 Query or set a given HTCondor configuration variable
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12 condor_config_val <help option>
13 condor_config_val [<location options>] <edit option>
15 condor_config_val [<location options>] [<view options>] vars
17 condor_config_val use category [:template_name] [-expand ]
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21 condor_config_val can be used to quickly see what the current HTCondor
22 configuration is on any given machine. Given a space separated set of
23 configuration variables with the vars argument, condor_config_val will
24 report what each of these variables is currently set to. If a given
25 variable is not defined, condor_config_val will halt on that variable,
26 and report that it is not defined. By default, condor_config_val looks
27 in the local machine's configuration files in order to evaluate the
28 variables. Variables and values may instead be queried from a daemon
29 specified using a location option.
30 Raw output of condor_config_val displays the string used to define the
32 configuration variable. This is what is on the right hand side of the
33 equals sign (=) in a configuration file for a variable. The default
34 output is an expanded one. Expanded output recursively replaces any
35 macros within the raw definition of a variable with the macro's raw
36 definition.
37 Each daemon remembers settings made by a successful invocation of con‐
39 dor_config_val. The configuration file is not modified.
40 condor_config_val can be used to persistently set or unset configura‐
42 tion variables for a specific daemon on a given machine using a -set or
43 -unset edit option. Persistent settings remain when the daemon is
44 restarted. Configuration variables for a specific daemon on a given ma‐
45 chine may be set or unset for the time period that the daemon continues
46 to run using a -rset or -runset edit option. These runtime settings
47 will override persistent settings until the daemon is restarted. Any
48 changes made will not take effect until condor_reconfig is invoked.
49 In general, modifying a host's configuration with condor_config_val re‐
51 quires the CONFIG access level, which is disabled on all hosts by de‐
52 fault. Administrators have more fine-grained control over which access
53 levels can modify which settings. See the /admin-manual/security sec‐
54 tion for more details on security settings. Further, security consider‐
55 ations require proper settings of configuration variables SETTABLE_AT‐
56 TRS_<PERMISSION-LEVEL>
57 (see admin-manual/configuration-macros:daemoncore configuration file
59 entries), ENABLE_PERSISTENT_CONFIG (see admin-manual/configura‐
60 tion-macros:daemoncore configuration file entries) and HOSTALLOW...
61 (see admin-manual/configuration-macros:daemoncore configuration file
62 entries) in order to use condor_config_val to change any configuration
63 variable.
64 It is generally wise to test a new configuration on a single machine to
66 ensure that no syntax or other errors in the configuration have been
67 made before the reconfiguration of many machines. Having bad syntax or
68 invalid configuration settings is a fatal error for HTCondor daemons,
69 and they will exit. It is far better to discover such a problem on a
70 single machine than to cause all the HTCondor daemons in the pool to
71 exit. condor_config_val can help with this type of testing.
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74 -help (help option) Print usage information and exit.
75 -version
77 (help option) Print the HTCondor version information and
78 exit.
79 -set "var = value"
81 (edit option) Sets one or more persistent configuration file
82 variables. The new value remains if the daemon is restarted.
83 One or more variables can be set; the syntax requires double
84 quote marks to identify the pairing of variable name to
85 value, and to permit spaces.
86 -unset var
88 (edit option) Each of the persistent configuration variables
89 listed reverts to its previous value.
90 -rset "var = value"
92 (edit option) Sets one or more configuration file variables.
93 The new value remains as long as the daemon continues run‐
94 ning. One or more variables can be set; the syntax requires
95 double quote marks to identify the pairing of variable name
96 to value, and to permit spaces.
97 -runset var
99 (edit option) Each of the configuration variables listed re‐
100 verts to its previous value as long as the daemon continues
101 running.
102 -summary
104 (view option) For all configuration variables that differ
105 from default value, print out the name and value. The values
106 are grouped by the file that last set the variable, and in
107 the order that they were set in that file.
108 -dump (view option) For all configuration variables that match
110 vars, display the variables and their values. If no vars are
111 listed, then display all configuration variables and their
112 values. The values will be raw unless -expand, -default, or
113 -evaluate are used.
114 -default
116 (view option) Default values are displayed.
117 -expand
119 (view option) Expanded values are displayed. This is the de‐
120 fault unless -dump is used.
121 -raw (view option) Raw values are displayed.
123 -verbose
125 (view option) Display configuration file name and line number
126 where the variable is set, along with the raw, expanded, and
127 default values of the variable.
128 -debug[:<opts>]
130 (view option) Send output to stderr, overriding a set value
131 of TOOL_DEBUG.
132 -evaluate
134 (view option) Applied only when a location option specifies a
135 daemon. The value of the requested parameter will be evalu‐
136 ated with respect to the ClassAd of that daemon.
137 -used (view option) Applied only when a location option specifies a
139 daemon. Modifies which variables are displayed to only those
140 used by the specified daemon.
141 -unused
143 (view option) Applied only when a location option specifies a
144 daemon. Modifies which variables are displayed to only those
145 not used by the specified daemon.
146 -config
148 (view option) Applied only when the configuration is read
149 from files (the default), and not when applied to a specific
150 daemon. Display the current configuration file that set the
151 variable.
152 -writeconfig[:upgrade] filename
154 (view option) For the configuration read from files (the de‐
155 fault), write to file filename all configuration variables.
156 Values that are the same as internal, compile-time defaults
157 will be preceded by the comment character. If the :upgrade o
158 ption is specified, then values that are the same as the in‐
159 ternal, compile-time defaults are omitted. Variables are in
160 the same order as the they were read from the original con‐
161 figuration files.
162 -macro[:path]
164 (view option) Macro expand the text in vars as the configura‐
165 tion language would. You can use expansion functions such as
166 $F(<var>). If the :path o ption is specified, treat the re‐
167 sult as a path and return the canonical form.
168 -mixedcase
170 (view option) Applied only when the configuration is read
171 from files (the default), and not when applied to a specific
172 daemon. Print variable names with the same letter case used
173 in the variable's definition.
174 -local-name <name>
176 (view option) Applied only when the configuration is read
177 from files (the default), and not when applied to a specific
178 daemon. Inspect the values of attributes that use local
179 names, which is useful to distinguish which daemon when there
180 is more than one of the particular daemon running.
181 -subsystem <daemon>
183 (view option) Applied only when the configuration is read
184 from files (the default), and not when applied to a specific
185 daemon. Specifies the subsystem or daemon name to query, with
186 a default value of the TOOL subsystem.
187 -address <ip:port>
189 (location option) Connect to the given IP address and port
190 number.
191 -pool centralmanagerhostname[:portnumber]
193 (location option) Use the given central manager and an op‐
194 tional port number to find daemons.
195 -name <machine_name>
197 (location option) Query the specified machine's condor_master
198 daemon for its configuration. Does not function together with
199 any of the options: -dump, -config, or -verbose.
200 -master | -schedd | -startd | -collector | -negotiator
202 (location option) The specific daemon to query.
203 use category [:set name ] [-expand ]
205 Display information about configuration templates (see /ad‐
206 min-manual/configuration-templates). Specifying only a cate‐
207 gory will list the template_names available for that cate‐
208 gory. Specifying a category and a template_name will display
209 the definition of that configuration template. Adding the
210 -expand option will display the expanded definition (with
211 macro substitutions). (-expand has no effect if a tem‐
212 plate_name is not specified.) Note that there is no dash be‐
213 fore use and that spaces are not allowed next to the colon
214 character separating category and template_name.
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217 condor_config_val will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon suc‐
218 cess, and it will exit with the value 1 (one) upon failure.
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221 Here is a set of examples to show a sequence of operations using con‐
222 dor_config_val. To request the condor_schedd daemon on host perdita to
223 display the value of the MAX_JOBS_RUNNING configuration variable:
224 % condor_config_val -name perdita -schedd MAX_JOBS_RUNNING
226 500
227 To request the condor_schedd daemon on host perdita to set the value of
229 the MAX_JOBS_RUNNING configuration variable to the value 10.
230 % condor_config_val -name perdita -schedd -set "MAX_JOBS_RUNNING = 10"
232 Successfully set configuration "MAX_JOBS_RUNNING = 10" on
233 schedd perdita.cs.wisc.edu <128.105.73.32:52067>.
234 A command that will implement the change just set in the previous exam‐
236 ple.
237 % condor_reconfig -schedd perdita
239 Sent "Reconfig" command to schedd perdita.cs.wisc.edu
240 A re-check of the configuration variable reflects the change imple‐
242 mented:
243 % condor_config_val -name perdita -schedd MAX_JOBS_RUNNING
245 10
246 To set the configuration variable MAX_JOBS_RUNNING back to what it was
248 before the command to set it to 10:
249 % condor_config_val -name perdita -schedd -unset MAX_JOBS_RUNNING
251 Successfully unset configuration "MAX_JOBS_RUNNING" on
252 schedd perdita.cs.wisc.edu <128.105.73.32:52067>.
253 A command that will implement the change just set in the previous exam‐
255 ple.
256 % condor_reconfig -schedd perdita
258 Sent "Reconfig" command to schedd perdita.cs.wisc.edu
259 A re-check of the configuration variable reflects that variable has
261 gone back to is value before initial set of the variable:
262 % condor_config_val -name perdita -schedd MAX_JOBS_RUNNING
264 500
265 Getting a list of template_names for the role configuration template
267 category:
268 % condor_config_val use role
270 use ROLE accepts
271 CentralManager
272 Execute
273 Personal
274 Submit
275 Getting the definition of role:personal configuration template:
277 % condor_config_val use role:personal
279 use ROLE:Personal is
280 CONDOR_HOST=127.0.0.1
281 COLLECTOR_HOST=$(CONDOR_HOST):0
282 DAEMON_LIST=MASTER COLLECTOR NEGOTIATOR STARTD SCHEDD
283 RunBenchmarks=0
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