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.TH IPCONTROLLER 1 "October 29, 2008" "" ""
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.SH NAME
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\fBipcontroller \- IPython parallel computing controller control tool
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.fam C
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\fBipengine\fP [\fIoptions\fP]
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.fam T
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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ipcontroller is a control tool for IPython's parallel computing functions.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B
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\-h, \-\-help
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show this help message and exit
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.B \-\-no\-secure
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Don't authenticate messages.
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.B \-\-usethreads
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Use threads instead of processes for the schedulers
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.B \-\-init
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Initialize profile with default config files
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.B \-\-log\-to\-file
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send log output to a file
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.B \-\-reuse
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reuse existing json connection files
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.B \-\-mongodb
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use the MongoDB backend
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.B \-\-quiet
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set log level to logging.CRITICAL (minimize logging output)
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.B \-\-debug
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set log level to logging.DEBUG (maximize logging output)
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.B \-\-sqlitedb
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use the SQLiteDB backend
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.B \-\-dictdb
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use the in-memory DictDB backend
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.B \-\-secure
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Use HMAC digests for authentication of messages.
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.B \-\-profile=<Unicode> (BaseIPythonApplication.profile)
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Default: u'default'
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The IPython profile to use.
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.B \-\-hwm=<Int> (TaskScheduler.hwm)
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Default: 0
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.br
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specify the High Water Mark (HWM) for the downstream socket in the Task
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scheduler. This is the maximum number of allowed outstanding tasks on each
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engine.
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.B \-\-secure=<Bool> (IPControllerApp.secure)
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Default: True
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Whether to use HMAC digests for extra message authentication.
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.B \-\-ip=<Unicode> (HubFactory.ip)
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Default: '127.0.0.1'
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The IP address for registration. This is generally either '127.0.0.1' for
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loopback only or '*' for all interfaces. [default: '127.0.0.1']
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.B \-\-log\-url=<Unicode> (BaseParallelApplication.log_url)
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Default: ''
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The ZMQ URL of the iplogger to aggregate logging.
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.B \-\-work\-dir=<Unicode> (BaseParallelApplication.work_dir)
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Default: u'/Users/minrk/dev/ip/mine/docs/man'
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Set the working dir for the process.
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.B \-\-port=<Int> (HubFactory.regport)
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Default: 0
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The port on which the Hub listens for registration.
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.B \-\-profile\-dir=<Unicode> (ProfileDir.location)
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Default: u''
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Set the profile location directly. This overrides the logic used by the
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`profile` option.
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.B \-\-ident=<CBytes> (Session.session)
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Default: ''
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The UUID identifying this session.
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.B \-\-log\-to\-file=<Bool> (BaseParallelApplication.log_to_file)
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Default: False
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whether to log to a file
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.B \-\-ipython\-dir=<Unicode> (BaseIPythonApplication.ipython_dir)
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Default: u'/Users/minrk/.ipython'
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The name of the IPython directory. This directory is used for logging
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configuration (through profiles), history storage, etc. The default is
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usually $HOME/.ipython. This options can also be specified through the
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environment variable IPYTHON_DIR.
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.B \-\-url=<Unicode> (HubFactory.url)
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Default: ''
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The 0MQ url used for registration. This sets transport, ip, and port in one
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variable. For example: url='tcp://127.0.0.1:12345' or url='epgm://*:90210'
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.B \-\-user=<Unicode> (Session.username)
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Default: 'minrk'
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Username for the Session. Default is your system username.
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.B \-\-ping=<CFloat> (HeartMonitor.period)
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Default: 1000
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The frequency at which the Hub pings the engines for heartbeats (in ms)
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.B \-\-log\-level=<Enum> (Application.log_level)
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Default: 30
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Choices: (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARN', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL')
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Set the log level by value or name.
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.B \-\-location=<Unicode> (IPControllerApp.location)
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Default: u''
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The external IP or domain name of the Controller, used for disambiguating
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engine and client connections.
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.B \-\-clean\-logs=<Bool> (BaseParallelApplication.clean_logs)
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Default: False
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whether to cleanup old logfiles before starting
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.B \-\-scheme=<Enum> (TaskScheduler.scheme_name)
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Default: 'leastload'
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Choices: ('leastload', 'pure', 'lru', 'plainrandom', 'weighted', 'twobin')
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select the task scheduler scheme [default: Python LRU] Options are: 'pure',
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\&'lru', 'plainrandom', 'weighted', 'twobin','leastload'
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.B \-\-keyfile=<Unicode> (Session.keyfile)
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Default: ''
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path to file containing execution key.
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.B \-\-transport=<Unicode> (HubFactory.transport)
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Default: 'tcp'
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The 0MQ transport for communications. This will likely be the default of
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\&'tcp', but other values include 'ipc', 'epgm', 'inproc'.
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.B \-\-ssh=<Unicode> (IPControllerApp.ssh_server)
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Default: u''
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ssh url for clients to use when connecting to the Controller processes. It
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should be of the form: [user@]server[:port]. The Controller's listening
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addresses must be accessible from the ssh server
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ipython(1),
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.BR ipcluster(1),
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.BR ipengine(1)
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.br
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.SH AUTHOR
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\fBipcontroller\fP is a tool that ships with IPython, created by
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the IPython Development Team.
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.PP
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This manual page was written by Stephan Peijnik <debian@sp.or.at>,
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for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Modified by Fernando Perez
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<Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu> for inclusion in IPython, and updated by
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Min Ragan-Kelley <benjaminrk@gmail.com> for 0.11.
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