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Welcome to the rce-interactive-tools wiki!

Existing interactive tools that needs to be replaced:

• condorInteractiveSubmit.pl
• condorInteractiveJobWrapper.pl
• condorInteractiveWrapper.pl
• ptyWrapper.pl
• Condor.pm

Security

• Xpra via tcp socket is insecure by default
  • File token
  • Random unused port

Usability

• System Tray for Jobs

Feature improvements

• Python bindings to HTCondor - required before we move to v8.2
  • Current perl code does not utilize API
  • API appears limited to C & Python
• Desktop session instability/termination mitigation
  • NX, and other remote desktop protocols are not bulletproof so we need to protect users long running job from the loss of the desktop.
  • Xpra looks to be one solution, others?
• User notification
  • Alert user via GUI and email of job status, esp when job is scheduled to end
  • Alert on held jobs (extend/rewrite condor_watch_util) - RT 175604
  • Job statistics/metrics. Allows user to see what they used vs what they requested - RT 175604

Useful links

Condor API and coding info

Xpra info