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Introduction

This article describes the use of is one of a series describing how to configure the JobScheduler Universal Agent Batch Installer in a heterogeneous environment. We define a heterogeneous environment as one in which a number of JobScheduler Agents will be installed according to different prerequisites:

• A JobScheduler Master is up and running.
• The Agent installations are to be performed on any number of servers that do not have to have the same operating system. One Agent is to be installed per server.
• The Agents will be operated with different users, listening ports and installation paths.

The Batch Installer supports:

• First Installation: an Agent has not yet been installed on the server.
• Update Installation: an Agent has already been installed and may be up and running.

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so that a number of Universal Agents can be readily installed on a number of servers.

Article Scope

This article describes how to use the Universal Agent Batch Installer to install Agents in a heterogeneous environment. Other use cases in this series of articles are listed in the introductory JobScheduler Universal Agent - Batch Installation and Update of Agents article.

A general introduction to installation of the JobScheduler Universal Agent can be found in the JobScheduler Universal Agent - Installation & Operation article.

The JobScheduler Universal Agent - Batch Installation and Update of Agents article provides an overview of how the Batch Installer works. New users are strongly recommended to read this article before proceeding with the instructions presented here.

The Batch Installation - Reference Documentation article provides a detailed guide to configuration of the batch installer with, for example, full lists of parameters.

Installation Environment

This article describes the use of the JobScheduler Universal Agent Batch Installer in a heterogeneous environment in which a number of JobScheduler Agents are to be installed according to different prerequisites:

• A JobScheduler Master is up and running.
• The Agent installations are to be performed on any number of servers that do not have to have the same operating system. One Agent is to be installed per server.
• The Agents will be operated with different users, listening ports and installation paths.

Installation Procedure

General requirements:

• A JobScheduler Master is up and running.
• A Java Run-time Environment in version 1.8 or newer is installed on the system(s) the Agent is to be installed on.
• We recommend that you use the SOS XML Editor to manage the configuration files required for the Batch Installer. More information about the installation and use of the XML editor will be provided later in this article.

1. Download and Extract the Batch Installer and Agent Files

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The Batch Installer is operated by a JobScheduler Master that:

• connects to the Servers that the Agents are to be installed on and
• executes the required Agent installations.

The Batch Installer application has two main components:

• a JobScheduler AgentBatchInstaller job and
• a JobScheduler universal_agent_installer job chain.

In addition, two XML files are needed for the application:

• batch_installer_config_file.xml and 
• yade_agent_batch_installer_settings.xml 

The AgentBatchInstaller job is responsible for creating the JobScheduler orders for the job chain. Each of these orders is named according to the pattern <host>:<port> to convey the host and port of the server where each Agent is to be installed. 

The universal_agent_installer job chain has four job nodes configured in series as follows:

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The individual nodes in the job chain have the following functions:

• CheckPreRequisite
  • Checks for the correct Java version
  • Checks whether a JobScheduler Universal Agent already has been installed.
    
    • If so:
      • shuts down any instances that are possibly running
      • removes the installation
• Sync: Waits until all prerequisites have been checked and all instances shut down.
• TransferInstallationSetup: Transfers the installer files to the host
  • Before the transfer starts, the preprocessor will create the instance start script from the template jobscheduler_agent_instance_script.txt

  • The files that are to be transfered are specified with the <globals><transfer><file_spec=".*\.(sh|gz)$"> configuration element

    • This regular expression causes the following files to be transfered:
      
      • the JobScheduler Universal Agent installer files: jobscheduler_unix_universal_agent.<version>.tar.gz
      • the instance start script: jobscheduler_agent_<port>.sh
      • the installation script: jobscheduler_universal_agent_install.sh
• PerformInstall: Starts the installation using SSH.
  • The step before transfered installation script will be executed
  • The installation script installs and starts the JobScheduler Universal Agent
  • Finally the post-processing commands will be executed
    • The post-processing commands are specified with the <installation><postprocessing><command> element

    • Three commands will be executed
      
      • if you require additional commands, please add the call in the PerformInstall job

    • The default commands set up the autostart for JobScheduler Universal Agent on a Linux server (Ubuntu distribution)
      
      • echo ${ssh.sudo_password} | sudo -S cp ${install_path}/bin/jobscheduler_agent.sh /etc/init.d/jobscheduler
      • echo ${ssh.sudo_password} | sudo -S update-rc.d jobscheduler defaults

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The following steps have to be carried out. Files can be downloaded from http://www.sos-berlin.com/jobscheduler-downloads

• 1.1 Unix

1. • Download the "JobScheduler Universal Agent" tarball for Unix.
   • Download the "

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1. • Universal Agent Batch Installer"

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1. • The archive contains the following folders and sub-folders: 

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1. • • live/batch_

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1. • • install_universal_agent

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1. • • 
       
       • This folder contains the Jobs and Job Chain used to carry out the installation.
       • Extract these files to the the live folder of the JobScheduler Master: SCHEDULER_DATA/config/live.

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1. • • batch_

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1. • • install
       
       • This folder contains the configuration files for the Batch Installer.
       • Extract these files to the config directory of the JobScheduler Master: SCHEDULER_DATA/config.
   • Copy the JobScheduler Universal Agent installation file to the SCHEDULER_DATA/config/batch_

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1. • install folder.

• 1.2 Windows
  • Download the "JobScheduler Universal Agent" for Windows.
  • Download the "

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• • Universal Agent Batch Installer"

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• • . The archive contains the following

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• • folders and sub-folders
    • the

• • • live/batch_

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• • • install_universal_agent

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• • •  folder
      
      • This folder contains the Jobs and Job Chain used to carry out the installation. 
      • Extract these files to the live folder of the JobScheduler Master SCHEDULER_DATA/config/live.

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• • • the batch_install folder
      
      • This folder contains the configuration files for the Batch Installer.

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      • Extract these files to the JobScheduler configuration directory SCHEDULER_DATA/config.
  • Copy the JobScheduler Universal Agent installation file to the folder SCHEDULER_DATA/config/batch_

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• • install folder.

2. Configure the Transfer of the Universal Agent Installation Files and the Installation of the Agents

2.1 Edit the XML Configuration

Configuration

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files

Configuring complex XML files with a text editor is often a tedious and error-prone procedure. To get around this, we recommend that you use our XML Editor to manage the configuration files required for the Batch Installer. The XML Editor automatically validates configuration files and therefore reduces the possibility of configuration errors. See the Using the XML Editor chapter below for more detailed information about using the XML Editor. 

• After downloading the XML Editor, extract the contents of the zip file to a convenient folder (an installation routine is not required) and start the the sos.xml.editor.exe program program.
• Use the XML Editor to configure transfer of the Universal Agent installation files:
  Open your 
  • Open your
  • yade_agent_batch_installer_settings.xml
   YADE
  • YADE configuration
   
  • file, which is located in
  the 
  • the config/batch_installer
   folder
  • folder and assign the
  XSD schema 
  • following schema in the XML Editor:
    • http://www.sos-berlin.com/schema/yade/YADE_configuration_v1.0.xsd.
   See
  • • See the YADE profiles for the file transfer chapter below for instructions on how to configure the YADE configuration file.
• Use the XML Editor to configure the installation of the Universal Agents:
  
  • Open your batch_installer_config_file.xml configuration file in the XML Editor and assign the scheduler_universal_agent_installations.xsd schema: both files are located in the config/batch_installer folder.
   See
  • 
    
    • See the Batch Installer Configuration File chapter below for instructions on how to configure the Batch Installer configuration file.

2.2 Configure the JobScheduler Jobs

Carry out the following once the job and job chain Once the Job and Job Chain have been extracted to the the live folder folder of your JobScheduler Master carry out the following: 

• AgentBatchInstaller Job:
  
  • Set
  AgentBatchInstaller job: adjust
  • the parameter values for the AgentBatchInstaller job in your JobScheduler Master.

  • Set the installation_definition_file job parameter to point the path that points to the Batch Installer configuration file.

3 Installation of the Agents

The Agents can be installed after the XML configuration files and JobScheduler jobs Jobs have been configured. Start a task for the AgentBatchInstaller AgentBatchInstaller job as follows:

1. Open a JobScheduler Operating Center (JOC) browser window for the JobScheduler master.
2. Go on the "Jobs" Window and open the "batch_installer_universal_agent" folder.
3. Right click on the job to open the context menu.

4. Select the Start task immediately operation operation.
5. This job will create the appropriate Orders for the JobScheduler
orders
6. as explained in the
chapter 
7. description of the Batch Installer Application.

Example: Installation of two Agents

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