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Customize Behavior of Sample Plugin Scripts

When using the generic scheduler interface, you can modify the behavior of the plugin scripts by setting additional properties for a generic cluster profile or object using AdditionalProperties. For more information on the generic scheduler interface, see Configure Using the Generic Scheduler Interface.

The sample plugin scripts allow you to set these properties.

Properties for All Schedulers

PropertyDescriptionType

AdditionalSubmitArgs

Additional scheduler arguments for job submission. The sample plugin scripts add the value of this property to the scheduler submission string.

String

AuthenticationMode

Option to indicate how you are authenticated when you connect to the cluster, specified as one of the following:

  • "Agent" – the client interfaces with an SSH agent running on the client machine.

  • "IdentityFile" – the client uses the identity file specified by the IdentityFile additional property.

  • "Multifactor" – the client to prompts you for input one or more times. For example, if two-factor authentication (2FA) is enabled on the client, the client requests your password and a response for the second authentication factor.

  • "Password" – the client prompts you for your SSH password. Your user name is specified by the Username additional property.

String

String array

ClusterHost

Host name of the cluster machine that has the scheduler utilities to submit jobs. Use this if your cluster is unable to directly submit jobs to the scheduler.

The cluster machine must run Linux.

String

IdentityFile

Location on the client machine of the SSH identity file that identifies you in ClusterHost.

String

String array

IdentityFileHasPassphrase

Set this property to true if IdentityFile requires a passphrase.

Logical

RemoteJobStorageLocation

Location to store job files on the cluster. Use this property if your client and the cluster nodes do not have a shared file system.

String

UseIdentityFile

Option to use an identity file. Set this property to true if you want to use an SSH identity file to log in to ClusterHost. If you set this property, then also set IdentityFile and IdentityFileHasPassphrase.

Logical

Username

User name to log in to ClusterHost with.

String

UseUniqueSubfolders

Option to use unique subfolders. Set this property to true if you want MATLAB® to store job files under different subfolders based on the user name and MATLAB version. Doing so helps to prevent conflicts between jobs submitted from different users and MATLAB versions.

Logical

 Properties for Slurm Only

 Properties for LSF Only

 Properties for Grid Engine Family Only

 Properties for PBS Only

 Properties for HTCondor Only

When you create a generic cluster profile for the first time with the Generic Profile Wizard, the installer guides you through setting some of these properties. For more information on the installer, see Interface with Third-Party Schedulers.

You can also define your own properties to customize the behavior of the plugin scripts. To do so, you must modify the plugin scripts. For more information, see Adding User Customization (Parallel Computing Toolbox).

Set Additional Properties

You can set additional properties in the cluster profile, with the Cluster Profile Manager, or programmatically.

Set Properties in Cluster Profile

When you set the additional properties in the cluster profile, the properties apply every time you use the cluster.

  • In the MATLAB toolstrip, on the Home tab, in the Environment area, select Parallel > Create and Manage Clusters.

  • In the Cluster Profile Manager, click on the generic profile that you want to modify.

  • Click Edit at the bottom-right.

  • Go to the AdditionalProperties table.

  • To add a new property, click Add. To modify an existing property, click on the property.

The following image shows an example of setting AdditionalSubmitArgs for an LSF® cluster profile.

Cluster Profile Manager with the LSF profile selected. The properties for the cluster are shown in the right panel. The Additional Properties entry is being edited.

Set Properties Programmatically

You can set additional properties programmatically by accessing the AdditionalProperties of a generic cluster object. Note that this action does not update the cluster profile and the properties only apply to that particular cluster object. The following is an example of how to set AdditionalSubmitArgs for an LSF cluster.

First, create a cluster object by using the parcluster function. In the following code, change MyLSFCluster to the name of your cluster profile.

c = parcluster("MyLSFCluster");

Next, set AdditionalSubmitArgs so that the plugin scripts use a different job queue.

c.AdditionalProperties.AdditionalSubmitArgs = '-q matlab_queue';

With this change, MATLAB passes the additional arguments to the scheduler when you submit a job. For example, submit a batch job.

job = batch(c,"myScript");

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