1.0 Introduction

1.1 Preliminaries

You might want to refer to the online Condor manual.
You may enjoy browsing the Condor web page
You may enjoy seeing just how cute Alain's children are
You will be logging into osg-edu.cs.wisc.edu to run the exercises. You'll need an ssh client. Alain has a name and password for you.

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1.2 Which Condor?

We will be using Condor 6.8.4, which is the previous stable version of Condor. You might be shocked that this is a bit out of date, and it's not Condor 7.0.x. We're doing the exercises on a set of educational computers that we haven't had a chance to upgrade. Don't worry: what you learn here will apply just as well to Condor 7.0.x .

Condor has two coexisting types of releases at any given time: stable and development. Condor 6.8.x and 7.0.x are considered stable releases, and you can know they are stable because the second digit (an 8 or 0) is an even number. In a given stable series, all versions have the same features (that is, 6.8.4 and 6.8.6 have the same set of features) and differ only in bug fixes.

Condor 7.1.0 is the latest development release of Condor as of the start of the school. You know it's a development release because the second digit (a 1) is an odd number. Development releases add new features and are more likely to have serious bugs.

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1.3 The Exercises

Throughout the Condor exercises, you will be given a fair amount of guidance. In several spots, there are suggestions for "extra credit". Since you aren't being graded, there is no extra credit, but we encourage you to try them out. If you prefer, you can come back to the extra credit after you've completed the basic exercises. The amount you learn will correspond to the amount you work, so we encourage you to try these out.

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