Rochester Institute of Technology Cyberaide Shell: Interactive Task Management for Grids and Cyberinfrastructure Gregor von Laszewski, Andrew J. Younge, Xi He, and Fugang Wang Service Oriented Cyberinfrastructure Laboratory Rochester Institute of Technology Bldg 74, Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY /9/2015http://cyberaide.org1

Agenda Introduction Related Research Problem Proposed Solution Design Implementation Use Case Conclusion 11/9/

Introduction What is Grid Computing? “Grid computing is a complex and diverse field where different technologies are constructed and combined to enable the use of distributed resources under administratively separate domains.” 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org3

Grid Hierarchy 11/9/ Grid Fabric Middleware Upperware Condor PBS SGE LSF Globus TeraGrid OSG G-Lite EGEE BOINC CoG Kit Cyberaide Project Web Portals Science Gateways

Grid Fabric (Clusters) 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org5 LSF PBS SGE Condor All clusters are batch queuing systems

Middleware Middleware combines multiple clusters together. – Administratively separate systems – Large dedicated clusters Globus Toolkit – Most popular of all Grid middleware technologies Developed at Argonne National Laboratory GT4 uses advanced WSRF Web Services G-Lite – Developed by the EGEE project – Used in the Large Hadron Collider experiments 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org6

The TeraGrid  NSF-funded national-scale Grid Infrastructure  11 Locations – LONI, NCAR, NCSA, NICS, ORNL, PSC, IU, PU, SDSC, TACC, UC/ANL  1.1Petaflops, 161 thousand CPUs, 60 Petabytes disk space  Dedicated 10G fiber lines to each location  Specialized visualization servers  Uses Globus Toolkit 4’s basic WS services and security protocols  Grid Infrastructure Group (GIG) at U. Chicago  Commity for Teragrid planning, management, and coordination  Science Gateways  Independent services for specialized groups and organizations  “TeraGrid Inside” capabilities  Web Portals, desktop apps, coordinated access points  Not Virtual Organizations (VOs) 11/9/20157http://cyberaide.org

TeraGrid View SDSC TACC UC/ANL NCSA ORNL PU IU PSC NCAR Caltech UNC/RENCI UW Resource Provider (RP) Software Integration Partner Grid Infrastructur e Group (UChicago) LONI NICS 11/9/20158http://cyberaide.org

TeraGrid User Portal11/9/20159http://cyberaide.org

Introduction What is a System Shell? “A system shell is a piece of software that provides a text based interface which abstracts complex services for users.” 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org10

Shell environments Shells are used to abstract complex services Typically used in Operating Systems Hide the complexity of the underlying kernel and support services Provide a unified user environment Command-Line Interface – To many power users, this is preferred – More function and control available Shells can be scripted to automate common high-level tasks. 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org11

Shells used System Shells shkshbashzshcshrc Distributed Shells PdshPsshJXTA Aspect- Shell Language Shells Python CLI iPythonIRBBeanShellGroovysh System shells are used as part of an OS to provide a CLI for users Distributed Shells execute tasks similar to system shells, however in Parallel Language Shells interprets users’s code and commands during runtime System shells are used as part of an OS to provide a CLI for users Distributed Shells execute tasks similar to system shells, however in Parallel Language Shells interprets users’s code and commands during runtime 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org12

Problem A steep learning curve and high entry barrier limit the use of Grid computing within the scientific community. – Parallel programming is difficult – Using middleware technologies can be cumbersome and inefficient – Users need to be advanced programmers just to use the technology How do we simplify the Cyberinfrastructure environment for scientists? 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org13

Requirements Simple, intuitive, and user friendly Unifying framework Extensible Interactive Fault tolerant Event management Support batch processing Integrates new Cyberinfrastructure 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org14

Rochester Institute of Technology What if we combined Grids with Shells? Performance + Usability (have your cake and eat it too) 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org15

Cyberaide Shell Simple to use system shell which provides access to the powerful Grids and advanced Cyberinfrastructure that is available today However, “This isn’t your father’s UNIX shell…” 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org16

High Level Design11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org17

Architectural Design 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org18

Implementation – Set – Submit – Person – Man – List – Experiment – Resources – Tasks – List – Experiment – Resources – Tasks 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org19 Prototype implementation Demonstrates our design’s feasibility Uses Globus GT2 and GT4 technologies for backend services Supports basic commands

Command List 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org20

Nested Shells Cyberaide Shell supports the idea of Nested Shells – “shell-within-a-shell” – Each command has its own interpreter which interrogates options dynamically – More efficient scripts Two Ways: 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org21

Literate Semantic Objects (LSOs) New data management concept LSOs store attribute-value pairs – simple! Mutable during runtime Object inheritance – All objects inherent form this object Can be recorded in many different formats – XML, JSON, CSV – Converted to SQL Provide semantic information to the shell during runtime 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org22

Extending Cyberaide Shell Creating a Service Oriented Architecture Expose shell a Web Service – Web Services Interoperability standar – WS-Security for endpoint to endpoint security with X.509 certificates – Uses Apache CXF and Jetty HTTP server to host Web service Various Client API’s possible Using Web service, its possible to build a Web Portal on top of the shell! 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org23

Cyberaide Portal11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org24

Use Case11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org25

Future Work Implement other Cyberinfrastructure services – EGEE project and the Open Science Grid – Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Improve scheduling and workflow systems Improving integration with the Portal Develop language specific APIs 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org26

Conclusion Cyberaide Shell helps scientists overcome the challenges faced when using advanced Cyberinfrastructure Combines the power of Grids with the usability of shells Enhances previous work in system shells with the use of semantic commands and nested commands Provides the shell as a Web service to allow for distributed usage across multiple platforms 11/9/2015http://cyberaide.org27