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computing:crab [2019/10/24 17:14] – [List of configuration parameters] iwncomputing:crab [2019/10/24 17:17] (current) – [CRAB3] iwn
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 ====== CRAB3 ====== ====== CRAB3 ======
  
-See [[https://github.com/IzaakWN/CRAB]] for an example with CRAB3. +See 
 +  * Tutorial: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookCRAB3Tutorial 
 +  * Configuration: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/CRAB3ConfigurationFile 
 +  * Commands: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/CRAB3Commands 
 +  * Example: https://github.com/IzaakWN/CRAB
  
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 ====== CRAB2 ====== ====== CRAB2 ======
  
 +CRAB2 has been superseded by CRAB3.
 ===== Setup local environment ===== ===== Setup local environment =====
 In order to submit jobs to the Grid, you must have an access to a LCG User Interface (LCG UI). It will allow you to access WLCG-affiliated resources in a fully transparent way. Then, the setup of the CMSSW software and the source of the CRAB environment should be done with this order. Remember to create a proxy certificate for CMS In order to submit jobs to the Grid, you must have an access to a LCG User Interface (LCG UI). It will allow you to access WLCG-affiliated resources in a fully transparent way. Then, the setup of the CMSSW software and the source of the CRAB environment should be done with this order. Remember to create a proxy certificate for CMS
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 ===== CRAB configuration file for Monte Carlo data ===== ===== CRAB configuration file for Monte Carlo data =====
-The CRAB configuration file (default name crab.cfg) should be located at the same location as the CMSSW parameter-set to be used by CRAB with the following content:+The CRAB configuration file (default name ''crab.cfg'') should be located at the same location as the CMSSW parameter-set to be used by CRAB with the following content:
 <code> <code>
 [CMSSW] [CMSSW]
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 ===== Analyse published results ====== ===== Analyse published results ======
 To analyse results that have been published in a local DBS you may use a CRAB configuration identical to any other, with the addition that you must specify the DBS To analyse results that have been published in a local DBS you may use a CRAB configuration identical to any other, with the addition that you must specify the DBS
-instance to which the data was published, datasetpath name of your dataset and the dbs_url. To do this you must modify the [CMSSW] section of your CRAB configuration file, e.g.+instance to which the data was published, datasetpath name of your dataset and the ''dbs_url''. To do this you must modify the ''[CMSSW]'' section of your CRAB configuration file, e.g.
 <code> <code>
 [CMSSW] [CMSSW]
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 dbs_url=url_local_dbs dbs_url=url_local_dbs
 </code> </code>
-<wrap important>Note</wrap> As ''dbs_url'', the URL for the DBS instance used in publication. Note that dbs_url should point to a read-only URL, which has a slightly different syntax from the one used to write in DBS. E.g.+NoteAs ''dbs_url'', the URL for the DBS instance used in publication. Note that dbs_url should point to a read-only URL, which has a slightly different syntax from the one used to write in DBS. E.g.
 Writing: https://cmsdbsprod.cern.ch:8443/cms_dbs_ph_analysis_02_writer/servlet/DBSSe rvlet Writing: https://cmsdbsprod.cern.ch:8443/cms_dbs_ph_analysis_02_writer/servlet/DBSSe rvlet
 Reading: http://cmsdbsprod.cern.ch/cms_dbs_ph_analysis_02/servlet/DBSServlet Reading: http://cmsdbsprod.cern.ch/cms_dbs_ph_analysis_02/servlet/DBSServlet
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 https://wiki.chipp.ch/twiki/bin/view/CmsTier3/HowToManageJobsWithCRAB#Example_of_crab_cfg https://wiki.chipp.ch/twiki/bin/view/CmsTier3/HowToManageJobsWithCRAB#Example_of_crab_cfg
  
-<wrap important>Note:</wrap> This type of jobs cannot be used to process a dataset that is not on the tier3. The network connection to the T3 is not fast enough to sustain a useful write speed in the stage-out step and the jobs will fail in the very end - i.e. when trying to copy the results.+Note: This type of jobs cannot be used to process a dataset that is not on the tier3. The network connection to the T3 is not fast enough to sustain a useful write speed in the stage-out step and the jobs will fail in the very end - i.e. when trying to copy the results.
 ===== Non local jobs ===== ===== Non local jobs =====
  
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