Pilot Options

The table below contains a list of the various pilot launch options and their descriptions.

Example of pilot launch with a minimal set of options:

python pilot.py -q ANALY_CERN-PTEST --pilot-user=ATLAS

Option	Default value	Description
-a <value>		Pilot work directory
-d	False	Enable debug mode for logging messages
-i <value>	PR	Version tag (optional: RC)
-j <value>	ptest	Job prod_source_label, used to select job type from server
-l <value>	324000	Pilot lifetime in seconds. queuedata.maxtime will be used if set
-p <value>	25443	PanDA server port
-q <value>		Required: Queue name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST-condor)
-r <value>		OBSOLETE: resource name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST). Can be safely removed from pilot wrapper
-s <value>		OBSOLETE: site name (e.g., AGLT2_TEST). Can be safely removed from pilot wrapper
-t	True	Disable proxy verification
-u	True	Disable payload proxy verification
-v <value>	2	Number of getjob requests
-w <value>	generic	Pilot workflow
-z	True	Disable server updates
--allow-other-country <value>		PanDA server port
--allow-same-user <value>		Multi-jobs will only come from same taskID (and thus same user)
--cacert <value>		CA certificate to use with HTTPS calls to server, commonly X509 proxy
--capath <value>		CA certificates path
--cleanup <value>	True	Cleanup work directory after pilot has finished
--country-group <value>		Country group option for getjob request
--es-executor-type <value>	generic	Executor type for event service (generic or raythena)
--harvester-datadir <value>		Harvester data directory
--harvester-eventstatusdump <value>		Harvester event status dump json file containing processing status
--harvester-submit-mode <value>	PULL	Harvester submit mode (PUSH or PULL)
--harvester-workdir <value>		Harvester work directory
--harvester-workerattributes <value>		Harvester worker attributes json file containing job status
--hpc-mode <value>	manytoone	HPC mode (manytoone, jumbojobs)
--hpc-resource <value>		Name of the HPC resource (e.g. Summit)
--input-dir <value>		Input directory (pilot expects to find input files here if this is specified)
--job-type <value>		Job type (managed, user)
--no-pilot-log	False	Do not write the pilot log to file
--output-dir <value>		Output directory (pilot expects to find output files here if this is specified)
--pilot-user <value>	generic	Required: Pilot user, e.g. name of experiment
--queuedata-url <value>		Queue data server URL (default value stored in default.cfg)
--resource-type <value>		Resource type; MCORE, SCORE, SCORE_HIMEM or MCORE_HIMEM
--url <value>		PanDA server URL (default value stored in default.cfg)
--use-https <value>	True	Use HTTPS protocol for communications with server
--working-group <value>		Working group option for getjob request