law 0.0.22

Build large-scale task workflows using luigi, remote job submission, remote targets, and environment sandboxing.

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**Note**: This project is currently under development. Version 0.1.0 will be the first, fully documented alpha release.

Use law to build complex and large-scale task workflows. It is build on top of `luigi <https://github.com/spotify/luigi>`_ and adds abstractions for **run locations**, **storage locations** and **software environments**. Law strictly disentangles these building blocks and ensures they remain interchangeable and resource-opportunistic.

Key features:

- CLI with auto-completion and interactive status and dependency inspection.
- Remote targets with automatic retries and local caching
- WebDAV, HTTP, Dropbox, SFTP, all WLCG protocols (srm, xrootd, rfio, dcap, gsiftp, ...)
- Automatic submission to batch systems from within tasks
- HTCondor, LSF, gLite, ARC
- Environment sandboxing, configurable on task level
- Docker, Singularity, Sub-Shells


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First steps
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Installation and Dependencies
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Install via `pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/law>`_:

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pip install law

This command also installs `luigi <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/luigi>`_ and `six <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six>`_.

Remote targets also require `gfal2 <http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/gfal-2/home>`_ and `gfal2-python <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gfal2-python>`_ (also via pip) to be installed.


Examples
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- `loremipsum <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/loremipsum>`_: The *hello world* of law.
- `workflows <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/workflows>`_: Law workflows.
- `docker_sandboxes <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/docker_sandboxes>`_: Environment sandboxing using Docker. TODO.
- `dropbox_targets <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/dropbox_targets>`_: Working with targets that are stored on Dropbox.
- `wlcg_targets <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/wlcg_targets>`_: Working with targets that are stored on WLCG storage elements (dCache, EOS, ...). TODO.
- `htcondor_at_vispa <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/htcondor_at_vispa>`_: HTCondor workflows at the `VISPA service <https://vispa.physik.rwth-aachen.de>`_.
- `lsf_at_cern <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/lsf_at_cern>`_: LSF workflows at the CERN batch infrastructure.
- `grid_at_cern <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/grid_at_cern>`_: Workflows that run on the WLCG. TODO.
- `parallel_optimization <https://github.com/riga/law/tree/master/examples/parallel_optimization>`_: Parallel optimization using `scikit optimize <https://scikit-optimize.github.io>`_.
- `CMS Single Top Analysis <https://github.com/riga/law_example_CMSSingleTopAnalysis>`_: Simple physics analysis using law.


Development
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- Source hosted at `GitHub <https://github.com/riga/law>`_
- Report issues, questions, feature requests on `GitHub Issues <https://github.com/riga/law/issues>`_


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Authors
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- `Marcel R. <https://github.com/riga>`_


License
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The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Marcel R.

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