Select the 'Settings->User_Defaults' menu to adapt the client configuration to your preferences. It is highly recommended to consider at least the entries in the `General' panel.
The settings in this panel are:
Define your email address.
The batch sub system on the computing resource may use this to acknowledge the start and end of your job.
Define a list of http and local file URLs of web pages which lists the available Usites (i.e. Gateways).
If you press the
button one or more default addresses are loaded from the editable
file SystemDefaults.txt (cf. ./lib directory in the distribution).
To specify several default addresses you have to insert them in one
line with ''\t'' as separation characters.
Pressing the
button lets you select a local gateway file from a file browser. The
URL of the file is added to the list of available URLs.
When setting-up a new UNICORE system proceed in the following way for test purposes. Edit the template file 'gateways.xml' as described in the file itself and enter the list of your local Gateway(s). Then enter the URL of this file in the `General' panel, e.g.:
UNIX: file:/home/unicoreuser/UNICORE_Client/gateways.xml
Windows: file:C:/UNICORE_Client/gateways.xml or file:\\\C:\UNICORE_Client\gateways.xml
Specify the address of the Certificate Revocation List.
The CRL may be used in the Settings->Keystore_Editor dialog to check the validity of user certificates. However, typically a user certificate specifies the URL address of its CRL in an internal field, and the included URL is used instead of the general address.
If you press the
button the default CRL address is loaded from the editable file
SystemDefaults.txt (cf. ./lib directory in the distribution).
Specify the proxy server and enable it.
If your network is protected by a firewall, you may have to add the hostname and the port of the proxy server to enable the access to the http URLs of available Usites.
According
to their relevance the plugin and scratch directories are typically
selected only in a first time installation:
Plugin directory: Apart from certain predefined sub-directories of the software distribution the Client scans this directory for plugin packages.
Scratch directory: Used e.g. during exports of files as temporary disk space.
The following path definitions are for your convenience only. They are the starting points for several file system browsers which you may open in the course of working with the Client. A concrete path can always be defined differently in the client when needed.
Job directory: The directory where you store your UNICORE jobs on disk.
Resource directory: The directory where you store predefined resource requirements.
Import/Export directory: Default directories on your local system from where you import files to the remote system or where exported files are received.
Stdout/Stderr and Log directory: Where to save Stdout/Stderr and Log information from jobs.
The meaning of the settings are:
Select the prefered storage format for UNICORE jobs: binary (recommended) or XML (experimental).
The current release always writes both formats. The selection only influences the file filter in the file system browser, i.e. only half of the files are shown. The binary format is the recommended format, XML is only for experimental use because it currently depends on compatabilities between Java Virtual Machines.
Specify whether you want to have started a dialog when files are exported to your local system (Nspace).
Selecting detailed job status will change the outlook of the job status icons in the Job Monitoring. In its simple form a job status icon is combined from the icon indicating the action and a colour representing the status. In its detailed form it combines all status colours from all included tasks, resembling a progress bar.
The file chooser supports a preemptive mode that similar to the Windows Explorer fetches directory information in advance. This feature may slow down the file chooser on UNIX Systems with very large directory structures or slow file systems (e.g. AFS).
Specify the timeout in milliseconds for socket connections to UNICORE sites.
Set the look and feel of the GUI to your prefered style.
There are eight level of logging levels from FINEST to SEVERE plus the special level OFF which suppresses any logging.
Select whether the client log shall be re-directed to a file in the configuration directory or whether you want to see it on the screen.
When logging to a file the logging format can be either PLAIN or XML (or both, i.e. two files).
Select the `Settings->Script_Defaults' menu to enter the default path to scripts which will be used as the initial location in script related file selector dialogs. Specify your preferred Script Type and set the font of the Script Editor.
Select the `Settings->Command_Defaults' menu to enter the default path to binary executables which will be used as the initial location in related file selector dialogs.