Simple Example

The repository contains a simple example script that demonstrates the functionality of the taskfarm system. The script either creates a new run or it processes tasks of an existing run. The example tasks merely consist of sleeping for a random duration.

Assuming you have followed the server installation instructions and are running the taskfarm service on the local host in a docker container you can create a new run with 20 tasks

python example.py -b http://localhost/api/ -u taskfarm -p hello -n 20

This command returns the UUID of the run it has just created. You can now use the the admin command to watch the progress of a run

watch manageTF -b http://localhost/api/ -u taskfarm -p hello -i 7aceaed8733d4d2f89a7f3f1e3ed6b1f

You can now start some workers. For example you can start 5 workers using

for i in $(seq 5); do
  python example.py -b http://localhost/api/ -u taskfarm -p hello --uuid 7aceaed8733d4d2f89a7f3f1e3ed6b1f &
done

Each worker requests a new task from the server, processes it and once completed it marks it as done. It then requests new tasks until all tasks are completed.