The Wolfram Lightweight Grid Client
LIGHTWEIGHT GRID CLIENT SYMBOL

RemoteServicesAgents


returns a list of URLs for Lightweight Grid managers discovered on the local network.


returns a list of agent URLs known to agent.

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  • uses the DNS-SD protocol to automatically find computers that can launch kernels with the Lightweight Grid. More information about DNS-SD is available at http://www.dns-sd.org.
  • The following options can be given:
  • "Timeout"30the timeout for the network connection in seconds
    "TemporaryPrinting"Truewhether to show intermediate results
    "CacheTimeout"900.the value returned by this function is cached and returned on subsequent calls made within the time period, in seconds, specified by this option

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Find computers available to launch kernels and launch them:

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Find computers known to clusterlab-1.example.com:

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Options (2)Options (2)

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