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How to get started
1. Six Steps
2. Where to go from here

How to get started ¶

First, you will need an ORBIT account. Please check the usage policy if you are eligible. Typically, in order to get an account, one would have to register for a user account and get it approved by the PI in charge of the project/institution they wish to be part of. If the particular institution is not available on the user account registration page, the appropriate PI can register for an institutional account.

IMPORTANT: Once you have an account, configure your ssh client to use key based authentication.

Six Steps ¶

A typical experiment requires the following six steps:

1. Create a resource reservation

The user needs a set of nodes/resources from a domain to run the experiment on.

Creating a Reservation ¶

Before you can access the testbed, you need to make a reservation for a particular domain and get it approved by the reservation service.

First time users are highly encouraged to reserve time on a sandbox instead of the main grid, and start with the provided "Hello World" experiment.

For the rest of this tutorial we will assume that the reservation was made for the sb1 domain.

2. Login into reserved domain

After you receive the reservation confirmation email, you can access the reserved domain by SSH'ing to the corresponding domain console.

Login into reserved domain ¶

During your approved time slot, you will be able to ssh into the console of the respective domain. A console is a dedicated machine that allows access to all resources in that domain.

For example, to access the sandbox1:

yourhost>ssh username@console.sb1.orbit-lab.org

Using username "username".
Authenticating with public key "xxxxxxxxx"
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

  System information as of Mon Jan 28 20:25:50 EST 2013

  System load:  0.0               Processes:           93
  Usage of /:   2.7% of 69.43GB   Users logged in:     0
  Memory usage: 6%                IP address for eth0: 10.50.18.10
  Swap usage:   0%                IP address for eth1: 10.18.0.10

  Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/

9 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

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username@console.sb1:~$

3. Load an image onto the nodes

Prior to executing the "Hello World" experiment, users need to install a system image on the hard disks of the nodes. For this tutorial we will use baseline.ndz. This image is built on top of Ubuntu 14.04, and is pre-configured with the proper modules and start up scripts to take advantage of the rest of the Orbit software / hardware. The imaging process will turn the nodes off after completing imaging.

Load an Image ¶

Before we begin using the nodes, it's a good idea to check their status first. This is done with the omf stat command.

omf stat ¶

This omf command is used to display the power status of the node/domain.

Usage: omf stat

username@consoles.outdoor:omf stat
Returns the status of the nodes in a testbed
Usage:
      omf-5.4 stat [-h] [-s] [-t TOPOLOGY] [-c AGGREGATE]
 
      With: 
      -h, --help                print this help message
      -s, --summary             print a summary of the node status for the testbed
      -c, --config AGGREGATE    use testbed AGGREGATE
      -t, --topology TOPOLOGY   a valid topology file or description (defaults to 'system:topo:all')
 
      Some Examples: 
                    omf-5.4 stat
                    omf-5.4 stat -s
                    omf-5.4 stat -t omf.nicta.node1,omf.nicta.node2 -c sb1
                    omf-5.4 stat -t system:topo:all -c grid

Individual nodes are identified in the output of stat command by their fully qualified domain name (FQDN). This establishes their "coordinates" and the "domain" to which they belong. Nodes in different domains typically can NOT see each other. Node can be in 1 of 3 states:

POWEROFF Node is Available for use but turned off
POWERON Node is Available and is on
NOT REGISTERED Node is not Available for use

Example: omf stat on the outdoor domain

user@console.outdoor:~# omf stat -t all

 INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git 6d34264)
 INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: default_slice (default)
 INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: default_slice-2012-10-14t14.42.15-04.00
 INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
 INFO property.resetDelay: value = 210 (Fixnum)
 INFO property.resetTries: value = 1 (Fixnum)
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stat
 INFO Topology: Loading topology ''.
 INFO property.nodes: value = "system:topo:all" (String)
 INFO property.summary: value = false (FalseClass)
 INFO Topology: Loading topology 'system:topo:all'.
 Talking to the CMC service, please wait
-----------------------------------------------
 Domain: outdoor.orbit-lab.org
 Node: node3-6.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: NOT REGISTERED
 Node: node3-3.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWEROFF
 Node: node2-10.outdoor.orbit-lab.org    State: POWEROFF
 Node: node1-10.outdoor.orbit-lab.org    State: POWEROFF
 Node: node1-8.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWERON
 Node: node1-6.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWERON
 Node: node3-2.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWEROFF
 Node: node3-1.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWEROFF
 Node: node1-3.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWERON
 Node: node3-5.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWEROFF
 Node: node2-5.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: NOT REGISTERED
 Node: node1-2.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 State: POWERON
-----------------------------------------------
 INFO Experiment: Switching ON resources which are OFF
 INFO EXPERIMENT_DONE: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO NodeHandler: Shutting down experiment, please wait...
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO run: Experiment default_slice-2012-10-14t14.42.15-04.00 finished after 0:6

It is recommended that the node be in the POWEROFF state prior to any experiment process. If the node is in the POWERON state you can use the omf tell command to get the node into the off state.

omf tell ¶

OMF command to control the power state/reset the nodes.

Usage: omf tell

user@console:omf tell
Switch ON/OFF and reboot the nodes in a testbed
Usage:
      omf tell [-h] -t TOPOLOGY -a ACTION [-c AGGREGATE]
 
      With: 
      -h, --help           print this help message
 
      -a, --action ACTION  specify an action
      ACTION:
      on              turn node(s) ON
      offs            turn node(s) OFF (soft)
      offh            turn node(s) OFF (hard)
      reboot          reboots node(s) (soft)
      reset           resets node(s) (hard)
 
      -h, --help                print this help message
      -t, --topology TOPOLOGY   a valid topology file or description (MANDATORY)
      -c, --config AGGREGATE    use testbed AGGREGATE
 
      Some Examples: 
                    omf tell -a reset -t node1-1.grid.orbit-lab.org
                    omf tell -a on -t system:topo:all -c grid
                    omf tell -a reboot -t node1-1
                    omf tell -a offh -t [1..2,1..5]
                    omf tell -a offh -t system:topo:all
                    omf tell -a reset -t system:topo:imaged

The commands are: on, offh (equivalent to pulling out the power cord), offs (software shutdown), reboot (software reboot) and reset (hardware reset).

Example: turn off node1-1 on the outdoor domain

user@console.outdoor:~# omf tell -a offh -t node1-1

 INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git 3fb37b9)
 INFO NodeHandler: Reading configuration file /etc/omf-expctl-5.4/services.yaml
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://internal1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://repository1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: default_slice (default)
 INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: default_slice-2014-09-30t00.24.28.504-04.00
 INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
 INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 230 (Fixnum)
 INFO property.resetTries: resetTries = 1 (Fixnum)
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:winlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:tell
 INFO property.nodes: nodes = "node1-1" (String)
 INFO property.command: command = "offh" (String)

Talking to the CMC service, please wait
-----------------------------------------------
 Node: node1-1.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 Reply: OK
-----------------------------------------------

 INFO EXPERIMENT_DONE: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO NodeHandler: Shutting down experiment, please wait...
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO run: Experiment default_slice-2014-09-30t00.24.28.504-04.00 finished after 0:10

Once node set is on an POWEROFF state, load an image with omf load command

omf load ¶

Load command is used to put an image onto the hard disk of the node.

Usage: omf load

Install a given disk image on the nodes in a testbed
Usage:
      omf-5.4 load [-h] [-i IMAGE_PATH] [-o TIMEOUT] [-t TOPOLOGY] [-c AGGREGATE]
 
      With: 
      -h, --help                print this help message
      -c, --config AGGREGATE    use testbed AGGREGATE
      -t, --topology TOPOLOGY   a valid topology file or description (defaults to 'system:topo:all')
                                (if a file 'TOPOLOGY' doesn't exist, interpret it as a comma-separated list of nodes)
      -i, --image IMAGE         disk image to load
                                (default is 'baseline.ndz', the latest stable baseline image)
      -o, --timeout TIMEOUT     a duration (in sec.) after which imageNodes should stop waiting for
                                nodes that have not finished their image installation
                                (default is 800 sec, i.e. 13min 20sec)
          --outpath PATH        Path where the resulting Topologies should be saved
                                (default is '/tmp')
          --outprefix PREFIX    Prefix to use for naming the resulting Topologies
                                (default is your experiment ID)
 
      Some Examples: 
                    omf-5.4 load
                    omf-5.4 load -t system:topo:all -i baseline-2.4.ndz
                    omf-5.4 load -t omf.nicta.node1 -i wireless-2.6.ndz
                    omf-5.4 load -t omf.nicta.node1,omf.nicta.node2 -i baseline.ndz -o 400
                    omf-5.4 load -t system:topo:circle -i my_Own_Image.ndz
                    omf-5.4 load -t my_Own_Topology -i baseline-2.2.ndz -t 600 -c grid
                    omf-5.4 load -t my_Own_Topology --outpath ./ --outprefix my_Own_Prefix

Two important arguments are TOPOLOGY describing the set of nodes one wishes to image , and !IMAGE specifying the name of the image one wants to load the nodes with. If the imaging process does not does not finish within the default timeout period, that period can be increase by using the -o flag (e.g. -o 1600). Typical command to load both nodes of sandbox 1 with the baseline image would look like:

Example: omf load-i baseline.ndz -t node1-1

username@console.sb3:~$ omf load -i baseline.ndz -t node1-1

DEBUG FQDN:console.sb3.orbit-lab.org:
 INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git 861d645)
 INFO NodeHandler: Reading configuration file /etc/omf-expctl-5.4/services.yaml
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://internal1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://repository1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://external1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: pxe_slice
 INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: pxe_slice-2018-08-08t13.41.37.814-04.00
 INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
 INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 230 (Fixnum)
 INFO property.resetTries: resetTries = 1 (Fixnum)
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:winlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:imageNode
 INFO property.nodes: nodes = "node1-1" (String)
 INFO property.image: image = "baseline.ndz" (String)
 INFO property.domain: domain = "sb3.orbit-lab.org" (String)
 INFO property.outpath: outpath = "/tmp" (String)
 INFO property.outprefix: outprefix = "pxe_slice-2018-08-08t13.41.37.814-04.00" (String)
 INFO property.timeout: timeout = 800 (Fixnum)
 INFO property.resize: resize = nil (NilClass)
 INFO Topology: Loaded topology 'system:topo:registered'.
 INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 100 (Fixnum)
 INFO Experiment: Resetting resources
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [0 sec.]
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [10 sec.]
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [20 sec.]
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [30 sec.]
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [40 sec.]
 INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org) [50 sec.]
 INFO exp: Progress(0/0/1): 0/0/0 min(node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org)/avg/max (59) - Timeout: 790 sec.
 INFO ALL_UP: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO BRING_UP: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO Experiment: Bringing up resources
 INFO exp: Progress(0/0/1): 50/50/50 min(node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org)/avg/max (59) - Timeout: 780 sec.
 INFO exp: Progress(0/0/1): 80/80/80 min(node1-1.sb3.orbit-lab.org)/avg/max (59) - Timeout: 770 sec.
 INFO exp: Progress(1/0/1): 100/100/100 min()/avg/max (59) - Timeout: 760 sec.
 INFO exp:  -----------------------------
 INFO exp:  Imaging Process Done
 INFO exp:  1 node successfully imaged - Topology saved in '/tmp/pxe_slice-2018-08-08t13.41.37.814-04.00-topo-success.rb'
 INFO exp:  -----------------------------
 INFO EXPERIMENT_DONE: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO NodeHandler:
 INFO NodeHandler: Shutting down experiment, please wait...
 INFO NodeHandler:
 INFO NodeHandler: Shutdown flag is set - Turning Off the resources
 INFO run: Experiment pxe_slice-2018-08-08t13.41.37.814-04.00 finished after 1:44

If the node is in the NOT REGISTERED state, you may need to wait for it to recover the POWEROFF state (it some times requires a few moments for the services to sync up). If the node takes more than 60 seconds to come out of the NODE NOT AVAILABLE state please report it to an administrator.

4. Turn the nodes on

At this point the nodes' disks are imaged with the baseline image and need to be turned back on before proceeding. Use the omf tell command to turn the nodes on and give them a couple of minutes to boot, then check their status with omf stat.

Turn the Nodes ON ¶

To turn the nodes on use omf tell command:

omf tell ¶

OMF command to control the power state/reset the nodes.

Usage: omf tell

user@console:omf tell
Switch ON/OFF and reboot the nodes in a testbed
Usage:
      omf tell [-h] -t TOPOLOGY -a ACTION [-c AGGREGATE]
 
      With: 
      -h, --help           print this help message
 
      -a, --action ACTION  specify an action
      ACTION:
      on              turn node(s) ON
      offs            turn node(s) OFF (soft)
      offh            turn node(s) OFF (hard)
      reboot          reboots node(s) (soft)
      reset           resets node(s) (hard)
 
      -h, --help                print this help message
      -t, --topology TOPOLOGY   a valid topology file or description (MANDATORY)
      -c, --config AGGREGATE    use testbed AGGREGATE
 
      Some Examples: 
                    omf tell -a reset -t node1-1.grid.orbit-lab.org
                    omf tell -a on -t system:topo:all -c grid
                    omf tell -a reboot -t node1-1
                    omf tell -a offh -t [1..2,1..5]
                    omf tell -a offh -t system:topo:all
                    omf tell -a reset -t system:topo:imaged

The commands are: on, offh (equivalent to pulling out the power cord), offs (software shutdown), reboot (software reboot) and reset (hardware reset).

Example: turn off node1-1 on the outdoor domain

user@console.outdoor:~# omf tell -a offh -t node1-1

 INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git 3fb37b9)
 INFO NodeHandler: Reading configuration file /etc/omf-expctl-5.4/services.yaml
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://internal1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Add domain http - http://repository1.orbit-lab.org:5054/
 INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: default_slice (default)
 INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: default_slice-2014-09-30t00.24.28.504-04.00
 INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
 INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 230 (Fixnum)
 INFO property.resetTries: resetTries = 1 (Fixnum)
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:winlib
 INFO Experiment: load system:exp:tell
 INFO property.nodes: nodes = "node1-1" (String)
 INFO property.command: command = "offh" (String)

Talking to the CMC service, please wait
-----------------------------------------------
 Node: node1-1.outdoor.orbit-lab.org   	 Reply: OK
-----------------------------------------------

 INFO EXPERIMENT_DONE: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO NodeHandler: Shutting down experiment, please wait...
 INFO NodeHandler: 
 INFO run: Experiment default_slice-2014-09-30t00.24.28.504-04.00 finished after 0:10

5. Execute the experiment

omf exec test:exp:tutorial:hello-world-wireless -- --res1 node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org --res2 node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org

omf exec ¶

Usage: omf exec

user@console: omf exec

OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git 9ac2ff9)

Execute an experiment script

Usage:  exec [OPTIONS] ExperimentName [-- EXP_OPTIONS]

	ExperimentName is the filename of the experiment script
	[EXP_OPTIONS] are any options defined in the experiment script
	[OPTIONS] are any of the following:

    -a, --allow-missing              Continue experiment even if some nodes did not check in
    -C, --configfile FILE            File containing local configuration parameters
    -c, --config NAME                Configuration section from the config file ('default' if omitted)
    -d, --debug                      Operate in debug mode
    -i, --interactive                Run the experiment controller in interactive mode
    -l, --libraries LIST             Comma separated list of libraries to load (defaults to [system:exp:stdlib,system:exp:eventlib])
        --log FILE                   File containing logging configuration information
    -m, --message MESSAGE            Message to add to experiment trace
    -n, --just-print                 Print the commands that would be executed, but do not execute them
    -p, --print URI                  Print to the console the content of the experiment resource URI
    -o, --output-result FILE         File to write final state information to
    -e, --experiment-id EXPID        Set the ID for this experiment, instead of the default standard ID
    -O, --output-app                 Display STDOUT & STDERR output from the executed applications
    -r, --reset                      If set, then reset (reboot) the nodes before the experiment
    -S, --slice NAME                 Name of the Slice where this EC should operate
    -s, --shutdown                   If set, then shut down resources at the end of an experiment
    -t, --tags TAGS                  Comma separated list of tags to add to experiment trace
        --oml-uri URI                The URI to the OML server for this experiment
    -x, --extra-libs LIST            Comma separated list of libraries to load in addition to [system:exp:stdlib,system:exp:eventlib]
        --slave-mode EXPID           Run in slave mode in disconnected experiment, EXPID is the exp. ID
        --slave-mode-resource NAME   When in slave mode, NAME is the HRN of the resource for this EC
    -h, --help                       Show this message
    -v, --version                    Show the version

Execute "Hello World" experiment. This is a simple wireless experiment that establishes the WiFi link between two nodes and transfers data for 60 seconds. Be sure to specify the fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) of the two nodes involved. For the output below, it is assumed that the domain is: sb1.orbit-lab.org and the two nodes are node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org and node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org.

username@console.sb1:~$ omf exec test:exp:tutorial:hello-world-wireless -- --res1 node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org --res2 node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org
INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git c005675)
INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: default_slice (default)
INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: default_slice-2013-01-29t01.03.19-05.00
INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 230 (Fixnum)
INFO property.resetTries: resetTries = 1 (Fixnum)
INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
INFO Experiment: load test:exp:tutorial:hello-world-wireless
INFO property.duration: duration = 60 (Fixnum)
INFO property.graph: graph = false (FalseClass)
INFO Topology: Loading topology 'system:topo:imaged'.
INFO Topology: Loading topology '/tmp/pxe_slice-2013-01-26t22.21.22-05.00-topo-success'.
INFO ALL_UP_AND_INSTALLED: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
INFO exp: This is my first OMF experiment
INFO exp: Request from Experiment Script: Wait for 15s....
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org: Device 'net/w0' reported Not-Associated
INFO node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org: Device 'net/w0' reported Not-Associated
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org: Device 'net/w0' reported 12:B2:78:8E:8D:4F
INFO node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org: Device 'net/w0' reported 12:B2:78:8E:8D:4F
INFO exp: All my Applications are started now...
INFO exp: Request from Experiment Script: Wait for 60s....
INFO exp: All my Applications are stopped now.
INFO EXPERIMENT_DONE: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
INFO NodeHandler:
INFO NodeHandler: Shutting down experiment, please wait...
INFO NodeHandler:
INFO run: Experiment default_slice-2013-01-29t01.03.19-05.00 finished after 1:23

username@console.sb1:~$

6. View experiment results

You can view the results by pointing a web browser to url of this form:

  http://console.sb1.orbit-lab.org:5054/result/dumpDatabase?expID=EXPERIMENT_ID.

The EXPERIMENT_ID is an auto-generated string that is reported during the run of the experiment. In this case it was

  INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: default_slice-2013-01-29t01.03.19-05.00

It should look something like:

More information on result analysis can be found here

7. (optionally) Save the node image

If you modified the baseline image and/or added software to it, you may want to save it into the repository before the end of your time slot.

How to save a disk image from one node of a Testbed ¶

Once you have the image prepared the way you want it. On the node run:

ssh root@node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org
root@node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org: ./prepare.sh

This will remove udev rules (to prevent renaming of interfaces) and dump log files to lower the size of the image. It will also shutdown the node.

Once the node has been shutdown, to save the existing disk image on node (1,1) of the 'sb1' testbed, use the command:

 omf save -n node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org 
 # will save the current disk image on node [1,1] of the 'sb1' testbed

The output of this image saving process will look like the following:

INFO NodeHandler: OMF Experiment Controller 5.4 (git c005675)
INFO NodeHandler: Slice ID: pxe_slice 
INFO NodeHandler: Experiment ID: pxe_slice-2013-02-06t14.14.46-05.00
INFO NodeHandler: Message authentication is disabled
INFO Experiment: load system:exp:stdlib
INFO property.resetDelay: resetDelay = 230 (Fixnum)
INFO property.resetTries: resetTries = 1 (Fixnum)
INFO Experiment: load system:exp:eventlib
INFO Experiment: load system:exp:saveNode
INFO property.node: node = "node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org" (String)
INFO property.pxe: pxe = "1.1.6" (String)
INFO property.domain: domain = "grid.orbit-lab.org" (String)
INFO property.started: started = "false" (String)
INFO property.image: image = nil (NilClass)
INFO property.resize: resize = nil (NilClass)
WARN exp: Saving only works for ext2/ext3 partitions and MBR (msdos) partition tables. Saving any other filesystem or partition table type will produce a 0 byte image.
INFO Topology: Loading topology 'node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org'.
INFO Experiment: Resetting resources
INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org) [0 sec.]
.
.
.
INFO stdlib: Waiting for nodes (Up/Down/Total): 0/1/1 - (still down: node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org) [80 sec.]
INFO ALL_UP: Event triggered. Starting the associated tasks.
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org:  
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org: - Saving image of '/dev/sda' on node 'node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org'
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org:   to the file 'bob-node-node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org-2013-02-06-14-16-23.ndz' on host '10.10.0.42'
INFO node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org:  
INFO property.started: started = "true" (String)
INFO exp:  
INFO exp: - Saving process started at: Wed Feb 06 14:16:27 -0500 2013
INFO exp:   (this may take a while depending on the size of your image)
INFO Experiment: DONE!
INFO ExecApp: Application 'commServer' finished
INFO run: Experiment sb1_2008_07_20_23_38_04 finished after 9:19
done.

At the end of the saving process, you will have disk image file with the name: "bob-node-node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org-2013-02-06-14-16-23.ndz" in the directory "/mnt/images" on the machine with the host name "repository1". These information are all provided in the output displayed above.

You can then:

install this disk image on a set of nodes, using the instructions described in this tutorial. In this example, to install the newly created disk image on node (1,2):

  omf load -t node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org -i bob-node-node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org-2013-02-06-14-16-23.ndz
  # will install the disk image on node [1,2] of the 'sb1' testbed

only for the purpose of making a backup of your image: log into the "repository" machine, and copy your image to your backup storage.

Learning More ¶

The above disk image saving process is implemented as a special orbit experiment. As such, its execution will results in a log file as with any other orbit experiment. This log file should look like this .

Each image created by the above saving process is a full hard-disk image, which can have arbitrary large file size (>200Mo or even more). As storage on the "frisbee" machine is limited, please be considerate in the number of images you save/use, and move any unused images to your own archival storage.

The generic omf command used above is the access point to control various ORBIT functions, such as the saving of a disk image from a node, with the sub-command "save". To see a list of all the available omf commands, you should type "omf help".

Finally, the complete available option/commands for the save function are given by "omf help save":

omf save --help
Save a disk image from a given node into an archive file
Usage:
      omf save -n NODE [-h] [-c AGGREGATE]
 
      With: 
      -h, --help          print this help message
      -n, --node NODE     a valid description of a single node (MANDATORY)
                          (no default here, you have to enter a node!)
      -r, --resize SIZE   Resizes the first partition to SIZE GB or to maximum size if SIZE=0 or
                          leave x percent of free space if SIZE=x%
 
      Some Examples: 
                    omf save -n node5-3.grid.orbit-lab.org
                    omf save -n node1-1.sb2.orbit-lab.org

Where to go from here ¶

If you are still unsure what Orbit is, please read the FAQ and check other tutorials.

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Table of Contents

How to get started ¶

Six Steps ¶

Creating a Reservation ¶

Login into reserved domain ¶

Load an Image ¶

omf stat ¶

omf tell ¶

omf load ¶

Turn the Nodes ON ¶

omf tell ¶

omf exec ¶

How to save a disk image from one node of a Testbed ¶

Learning More ¶

Where to go from here ¶

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