To render a compute resource available for work, an evaluator executable must be started on it.
When an evaluator is started, it registers itself with the Resource Management Service, which talks to the Job Management Service. Evaluators pull tasks from the Job Management Service which they are capable of performing. They also send telemetry back to the Monitor Service.
On the Ansys Customer Portal site, go to the Downloads: Platform Components page.
(To navigate to this page on the Ansys Customer Portal site, select > , then select in the navigation pane.)
Download the file that corresponds to the operating system of the compute resource:
OS Select Product File Downloaded Rocky Linux 8.10 for Ansys by CIQ, CentOS 7 hps-evaluator (Centos7) rep-evaluator-centos7.tgz CentOS 8 or later, Ubuntu (versions other than 20.04) hps-evaluator (default) rep-evaluator-default.tgz Ubuntu 20.04 hps-evaluator (unbuntu20_04) rep-evaluator-ubuntu20_04.tgz Windows hps-evaluator (Windows) rep-evaluator-windows-signed.tgz Unzip the tgz file as follows:
On Linux, unpack the tgz file using the gunzip command and then extract the contents of the tar file using tar -xvf.
gunzip <filename>.tgz
tar -xvf <filename>.tar
On Windows, use Extract All.
Change (cd) to the extracted folder. This folder contains the rep-evaluator executable file.
(Linux only) Use chmod u+x to add execute permission to the rep-evaluator file.
chmod u+x rep-evaluator
To see the available commands and options, run the rep-evaluator executable with the --help argument.
On Windows, for example:
There are three commands available: config, login, and run.
To see the help for a specific command, run the command with the --help argument. For example, to see help for the login command:
The evaluator must be able to talk to the services on the controller and must therefore be connected to the controller. This is done by logging in to the controller from the evaluator.
At the command prompt, run the rep-evaluator executable’s login command with the following arguments:
login --url <URL> --username <username> --password <password>
Where:
<URL> = The URL of the core deployment (for example, https://hostname:8443/hps) <username> = The default username defined in Keycloak <password> = The default password defined in Keycloak For example:
rep-evaluator.exe login --url https://localhost:8443/hps --username repadmin --password repadminUpon successful login, run the rep-evaluator executable. For example:
rep-evaluator.exe runThe evaluator is started. It takes a minute or so for the evaluator to be registered with the Resource Management Service and connected to the Job Management Service.
When the connection is active, the evaluator becomes available on the Resources page of the Ansys HPC Manager:
Any Ansys applications that are installed on the machine are automatically detected and appear in the evaluator’s Applications list on its Properties page. For more information see Viewing and Editing Evaluator Properties in the Ansys HPC Platform Services User's Guide.