Hi Madhavi, After some investigation, I found that it is possible to run multiple workflows from the command line:
kepler.sh -runwf workflow1.xml workflow2.xml ... This appears to work for all command-line options except "-nogui -nocache". --dan On 1/25/11 11:27 AM, Derik Barseghian wrote: > Hi Madhavi, > > I'm not aware of a way to have 1 kepler process launch and run 2 or more > workflows in a row before quitting. You could simply run a series from > command line like: > ant run-w...; ant run-w...; etc. > or write a script to loop through workflow files in a directory, and/or a > cron job. > > On a somewhat related note, Jing has added a scheduler module to kepler, > which allows you to schedule a workflow to run periodically on a remote > kepler server. Any resulting run-kars from these executions are written into > a kepler repository (currently MetaCat). This module is not yet released, but > will probably be available in the near future. > > Derik > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Madhavi Tikhe wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for your reply Derik. It helped. >> >> When we talk about workflow execution from command line, it is possible to >> execute the two or more workflows in a batch (batch processing of the >> workflows)? >> Thanks again, >> Madhavi >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Derik Barseghian [mailto:barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:02 AM >> To: Madhavi Tikhe >> Cc: kepler-users at kepler-project.org >> Subject: Re: [kepler-users] How to run kepler Command Line tool to generate >> provenance data >> >> Hi Madhavi, >> >> Yes. The workflow must contain a ProvenanceRecorder, i.e. it must be saved >> from the GUI while using the provenance suite. Executions of this workflow >> will then write provenance data. >> >> Additionally, if you would like your execution to generate a "run-kar" >> containing some metadata about the execution and a report pdf upon >> completion, from within the reporting suite you should create a report >> design from the Reporting view and save to a kar, set keepResultantRunKars >> true in reporting/resources/configurations/configuration.xml, and then >> execute from the command line. >> >> There are a few ways to execute from command line. One is: >> ant run-workflow-no-gui-server >> -Dworkflow=/Users/derik/KeplerData/workflows/MyWorkflows/yourWorkflow.kar >> >> The resultant run-kar will be created in KeplerData/workflow-runs >> >> Derik >> >> On Jan 23, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Madhavi Tikhe wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I would like to run the Kepler from command line to execute a workflow. In >>> this case is it possible to generate provenance data? >>> Regards, >>> Madhavi >>> DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential >>> information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended >>> only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If >>> you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, >>> copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this >>> communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of >>> this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for >>> virus infected mails. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Kepler-users mailing list >>> Kepler-users at kepler-project.org >>> http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >> >> >> DISCLAIMER >> ========== >> This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the >> property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the >> individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended >> recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute >> or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, >> please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent >> Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails. > > _______________________________________________ > Kepler-users mailing list > Kepler-users at kepler-project.org > http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >
