1. Execution time limits: Ansible has async with polling intervals. I did not research for methods to kill hung tasks. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_async.html
2. Dashboard-like functionality According to: https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/5ksphc/best_web_gui_for_run_a nsible_playbooks/ There are the following options: - ansible-tower - remote-task-executor (did not look into it) - nci-ansible-ui - Jenkins (normally used for CI/CD setups) In addition to the above, you may want to look into Ansible alternatives: - Puppet - Chef - SaltStack A quick Google search yielded: https://www.intigua.com/blog/puppet-vs.-chef-vs.-ansible-vs.-saltstack On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 12:32 +0300, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote: > systemd is a complete different tool, which was not designed for this > kinda purpose. > (maybe in the future it will grow to be something like that ;-) ) > > I'm looking for something a bit more sophisticated then "go to this > machine" and "run this script" and "expect this result" > i like to define execution time limits (finish in 3 minute) and maybe > some grace time (can go up to 5 minute) and have the orchestrator > monitor the process and have a nice dashboard where i can see every > thing from above (this is why Airflow was looked so appealing, but > the installation process and the documentation are still lagging > behind). > > > -- > Rabin > > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 12:26, Dimid Duchovny <dim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Rabin, > > > > > > I'm far from being a linux expert, but isn't dependency between > > services handled by systemd? > > E.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers > > > > HTH > > > > 2018-06-19 12:12 GMT+03:00 Moish <mo...@mln.co.il>: > > > Try GNUbatch. > > > > > > > > > On June 19, 2018 9:42:35 AM GMT+03:00, Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> > > > wrote: > > > > For dependency management, you may want to use 'make' or modern > > > > equivalents ('ant', 'gradle', etc.). > > > > For controlling remote nodes, 'ansible' may be able to do the > > > > work. > > > > > > > > --- Omer Zak > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2018-06-19 at 09:06 +0300, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I need some advice, currently I have a huge cron file which > > > > > schedules > > > > > tasks one after anther, and each task is position precisely > > > > > (with > > > > > some room for error) to start after it predecessor. > > > > > > > > > > So if one job start at 00:00 and it will go and fetch some > > > > > files and > > > > > it takes 3minutes > > > > > the next job will be after start right after at ~00:05 > > > > > and so on > > > > > > > > > > the problem is that if one job fails, all other jobs which > > > > > are depend > > > > > on him will fail as well, and then I get a shitload of > > > > > alerts, and > > > > > the worst part is that if i have to manually start a batch > > > > > process I > > > > > need to go to each machine and manually start each job in > > > > > the right > > > > > order, > > > > > > > > > > I was looking to resolve this problem with a tool which can > > > > > manage > > > > > this "pipe line" > > > > > and I cam across several tools like Luigi and (apache- > > > > > )AirFlow, I > > > > > started with Luigi but It didn't look > > > > > right for the job, and then I tried airflow, but was not > > > > > able to make > > > > > it to work, the jobs queue never executed. =( > > > > > > > > > > Has any one have experience with airflow, or other tool like > > > > > it which > > > > > they can recommend ? > > > > > My needs are to be able to execute my CURRENT > > > > > shell/python/php > > > > > scripts and build the dependency between them, and I perfer > > > > > the > > > > > option for remote exec so that I will have central > > > > > place to manage and monitor all work flow whichs are > > > > > executed on > > > > > several nodes. -- What happens if one mixes together evolution with time travel to the past? See: https://www.zak.co.il/ideas/stuff/opinions/eng/evol_tm.html My own blog is at https://tddpirate.zak.co.il/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at https://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
