Re:[Condor-users] MSI install

["Henrique Bucher" <hbucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hmm looks very feasible.
 Thanks Colin!

 Just to understand better these issues, I installed condor on my system and
 then stopped the service (net stop condor).
 I looked at the registry and I saw these entries:

 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Condorbak]
 "CONDOR_CONFIG"="xxxxxx"
 "RELEASE_DIR"="xxxxxx"
 "svName"="xxxxx"
 "svCompany"="xxxx"
 "svCM"="xxx.xxx.xxx.edu"
 "svPoolName"="xxxxxx"
 "svAdminEmail"="xxxxxx"
 "svRelay"="xxx.xxx.xxx.edu"
 "svDomain"="xxx.xxx.edu"
 "svReadAccess"="xxxx"
 "svWriteAccess"="xxxxx"
 "svAdminAccess"="xxxxxx"
 "svSetupType"="Custom"
 "bIsCM"=dword:00000001
 "bIsSolo"=dword:00000000
 "bIsSubmit"=dword:00000001
 "bIsExecute"=dword:00000001
 "bKeepStats"=dword:00000000
 "bStartdDelay"=dword:00000001
 "bStartdCPU"=dword:00000001
 "bStartdVacate"=dword:00000001
 "systray_num_cpus"=dword:00000002
 "systray_notify_handle"=dword:00b402b4
 "systray_cpu_0_state"=dword:00000000
 "systray_cpu_1_state"=dword:00000000
 "systray_cpu_2_state"=dword:00000001
 "systray_cpu_3_state"=dword:00000001
 "systray_one_bird"=dword:00000000

 Well, then I changed the config files and started the service again and
....
 the registry didn't change at all, even the ones I changed like svRelay,
 svDomain, svWriteAccess. Thing is, I see condor changing behaviour.

 Later on the road, I stopped the service again and renamed the registry
 entry
 HKLM\SOFTWARE\condor
 to
 HKLM\SOFTWARE\condorbak
 in order to check closer these dependencies. I created an empty folder
 HKLM\SOFTWARE\condor
 with just only one key:
 HKLM\SOFTWARE\condor\CONDOR_CONFIG
 pointing to the proper configuration file.

 So far, so good. I was expecting Condor to refresh these entries from the
 config file but it does not. The registry remains clean.  Actually I see
 systray_cpy_0_state added but I guess this is birdwatcher working, isn't
it?

 So the conclusion is - those are like test leftover that in some way got
 into production. Does condor use those entries at any time?

 Henrique

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin Stolley" <stolley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Condor-Users Mail List" <condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] MSI install
>
>
> > > I'm trying to build a custom MSI install of condor. So far I have
build
> > > customized versions of condor_local and condor_local.config but not
sure
> > > what registry keys or any further customization need to be done.
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > Henrique,
> >
> > Here's a few tips:
> >
> > 1. You can use MSI to treat the config files in the same manner in
handles
> > windows INI files. We allow our config files to contain lines starting
> > with '[', which to Condor is a comment, but to MSI is the beginning of
> > a section in the INI file.
> >
> > 2. The only registry key you need to worry about is:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Condor\CONDOR_CONFIG
> >
> > This string tells Condor where the main config file for that machine
> > is located (path and filename).
> >
> > 3. You'll also have to install Condor as a service, and you'll want to
> > make sure that it's set up to run as local system.
> >
> > good luck,
> > Colin
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