[Starcluster] Spot instances

[Joonas Paalasmaa]

Hi,

Thanks for the help. I did get a spot instance cluster working with
the following commands and latest git version.

- Joonas

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ec2-add-group "@sc-cluster3" -d "StarCluster cluster3"
ec2-authorize "@sc-cluster3" -P tcp -p 22 -s 0.0.0.0/0
ec2-authorize "@sc-cluster3" -P tcp -p 1-65535 -o "@sc-cluster3" -u MY_USERID
ec2-authorize "@sc-cluster3" -P udp -p 1-65535 -o "@sc-cluster3" -u MY_USERID
ec2-authorize "@sc-cluster3" -P icmp -t -1:-1 -o "@sc-cluster3" -u MY_USERID
ec2-request-spot-instances ami-8f9e71e6 --group "@sc-cluster3" -m -z
us-east-1a -p 1.0 -t m1.small -n 1 -r one-time -k pstam-keypair
--group "@sc-masters"
ec2-request-spot-instances ami-8f9e71e6 --group "@sc-cluster3" -m -z
us-east-1a -p 1.0 -t m1.small -n 2 -r one-time -k pstam-keypair

# Wait until the instances are "pending"

starcluster start -x -s 3 small cluster3

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Joonas,
>
> It appears that your cluster template high-cpu-xl has CLUSTER_SIZE=1
> given that it extends the "small" cluster template in your config.
>
> I believe your issue has to do with the cluster size in the template not
> being the same as the number of instances launched in the @sc-cluster1
> security group. One way to fix this would be to put CLUSTER_SIZE=4 in
> your "high-cpu-xl" cluster template.
>
> A quick fix would be to run:
>
> $ starcluster start -x -s 4 high-cpu-xl cluster1
>
> Let me know if that works for you or not.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Justin
>
>
>
> On 03/30/2010 09:00 AM, Joonas Paalasmaa wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to set up a cluster as you suggested.
>>
>> First, I started four instances with the commands below.
>>
>> ec2-add-group "@sc-cluster1" -d "StarCluster cluster1"
>> ec2-authorize "@sc-cluster1" -P tcp -p 22 -s 0.0.0.0/0
>> ec2-request-spot-instances ami-a19e71c8 --group "@sc-masters" --group
>> "@sc-cluster1" -m -z us-east-1a -p 1.0 -t c1.xlarge -n 1 -r one-time
>> ec2-request-spot-instances ami-a19e71c8 --group "@sc-cluster1" -m -z
>> us-east-1a -p 1.0 -t c1.xlarge -n 3 -r one-time
>> starcluster start -x high-cpu-xl cluster1
>>
>> Once the instances were running, I ran the command "starcluster start
>> -x high-cpu-xl cluster1". However, it did not go beyond the text
>> "Waiting for cluster to start...".
>>
>> What could I be doing wrong?
>>
>> - Joonas
>>
>>
>> Here's my config for the cluster:
>>
>>
>> [cluster small]
>> KEYNAME = pstam-keypair
>>
>> CLUSTER_SIZE = 1
>>
>> CLUSTER_USER = jpaalasm
>> CLUSTER_SHELL = bash
>>
>> NODE_IMAGE_ID = ami-8f9e71e6
>> NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE = m1.small
>> AVAILABILITY_ZONE = us-east-1a
>> VOLUMES = shhs
>>
>>
>> [cluster high-cpu-xl]
>> EXTENDS = small
>> NODE_IMAGE_ID = ami-a19e71c8
>> NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE = c1.xlarge