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Introduction

This repo contains a Julia SDK for the Colonies API, making it possible to implement ColonyOS applications in Julia. See these tutorials for more information.

Setting up a development environment

The following commands will use Docker Compose to set up and configure a Colonies server, a TimescaleDB, a Minio server, and a Docker Executor. To set up a production environment, it is recommended to use Kubernetes.

Note! The docker-compose.env file contains credentials and configuration and must be sourced before using the Colonies CLI command.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/colonyos/colonies/main/docker-compose.env;
source docker-compose.env;
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/colonyos/colonies/main/docker-compose.yml;
docker-compose up

Press control-c to exit.

To remove all data, type:

docker-compose down --volumes

For convinence, the Colonies.client() also reads all settings from the docker-compose.env file.

client, colonyname, colony_prvkey, executorname, prvkey = Colonies.client()

Installing the Colonies CLI

The Colonies CLI can be downloaded here. Linux, Window, and Apple is supported.

Copy the binary to directory availble in the PATH e.g. /usr/local/bin.

sudo cp colonies /use/local/bin
colonies --help

On MacOS there is an error first time you run it. You need to grant the Colonies CLI permission to execute. Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and click on the Allow button next to colonies to enable it to execute.

Start another terminal and run the command below to load the credentials and settings, allowing the Colonies CLI to connect to the Colonies server started with Docker compose.

source docker-compose.env

We can now interact with the Colonies server, and for example, list available executors.

colonies executor ls
╭────────────┬────────────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────────╮
│ NAME       │ TYPE               │ LOCATION │ LAST HEARD FROM     │
├────────────┼────────────────────┼──────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ dev-docker │ container-executor │ n/a      │ 2024-06-29 13:37:27 │
╰────────────┴────────────────────┴──────────┴─────────────────────╯

Submit a job to a Docker Executor

Let's submit a function spec to the Docker Executor. This will launch a Docker container running the command echo hello world.

client, colonyname, colony_prvkey, executorname, prvkey = Colonies.client()

conditions = Colonies.Conditions(colonyname=colonyname,
                                 executornames=String["dev-docker"],
                                 executortype="container-executor",
                                 walltime=60)

 env = Dict{Any, Any}()
 kwargs = Dict{Any, Any}()
 kwargs["cmd"] = "echo hello world"
 kwargs["docker-image"] = "ubuntu:20.04"

 funcspec = Colonies.FunctionSpec(funcname="execute",
                                  kwargs=kwargs,
                                  maxretries=3,
                                  maxexectime=55,
                                  conditions=conditions,
                                  label="myprocess",
                                  fs=Colonies.Filesystem())

process = Colonies.submit(client, funcspec, prvkey)
println("Process submitted: ", process.processid)

println("Waiting for process to finish ...")
Colonies.wait(client, process, 60, prvkey)
println("Process finished")

println("Getting 100 last logs")
logs = Colonies.getlogs(client, colonyname, process.processid, 100, 0, prvkey)
for log in logs
    print(log.message)
end

To run the example below, type:

source docker-compose.env
cd examples
julia container.jl
Activating project at `~/dev/github/colonyos/Colonies.jl`
Process submitted: 99d2b21ea7a911834aa882f777e3f1bcccdadb62fae4c7d8922571b6d70053c1
Waiting for process to finish ...
Process finished
Getting 100 last logs
Pulling from library/ubuntu
Digest: sha256:0b897358ff6624825fb50d20ffb605ab0eaea77ced0adb8c6a4b756513dec6fc
Status: Image is up to date for ubuntu:20.04
hello world

Developing an Executor

To develop an executor, the following conceptual steps must be followed:

  1. Generate a new private key.
  2. Register the executor with the Colonies server using the colony's private key.
  3. Call the assign function to receive process assignments.
  4. Interpret the assigned process and perform some kind of computation.
  5. Complete the process and set output values.
  6. Repeat Step 3 to receive the next process assignment.
client, colonyname, colony_prvkey, executorname, prvkey = Colonies.client()

name = randstring(12)
executor_prvkey = Crypto.prvkey()
executor = Colonies.Executor(Crypto.id(executor_prvkey), "helloworld-executor", name, colonyname)

executor = Colonies.addexecutor(client, executor, colony_prvkey)
Colonies.approveexecutor(client, colonyname, executor.executorname, colony_prvkey)

while true
    try
        process = Colonies.assign(client, colonyname, 10, executor_prvkey)
        if process == nothing
            println("No process could be assigned, retrying ..")
            continue
        end
        if process.spec.funcname == "helloworld"
            println("Executor assigned process: ", process.processid)
            Colonies.addlog(client, process.processid, "Julia says Hello World!\n", executor_prvkey)
            Colonies.closeprocess(client, process.processid, executor_prvkey, ["Hello World!"])
        else
            Colonies.failprocess(client, process.processid, executor_prvkey, ["Invalid function name"])
        end
    catch e
        println(e)
    end
end

To run the example below, type:

source docker-compose.env
cd examples
julia helloworld_executor.jl

We now have a new executor available.

colonies executor ls
╭──────────────┬─────────────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────────╮
│ NAME         │ TYPE                │ LOCATION │ LAST HEARD FROM     │
├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼──────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ V4uadfkRM2aP │ helloworld-executor │          │ 2024-07-19 14:58:38 │
│ dev-docker   │ container-executor  │ n/a      │ 2024-07-19 14:57:20 │
╰──────────────┴─────────────────────┴──────────┴─────────────────────╯

To create an helloworld process, we need to submit a function spec to the Colonies server.

{
    "conditions": {
        "executortype": "helloworld-executor"
    },
    "funcname": "helloworld"
}
source docker-compose.env
cd examples
colonies function submit --spec helloworld.json --follow
INFO[0000] Process submitted                             ProcessId=56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6
INFO[0000] Printing logs from process                    ProcessId=56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6
Julia says Hello World!
INFO[0002] Process finished successfully                 ProcessId=56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6

We can also look up the process the Colonies CLI.

colonies process get -p 56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Process                                                                               │
├────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Id                 │ 56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6 │
│ IsAssigned         │ True                                                             │
│ InitiatorID        │ 3fc05cf3df4b494e95d6a3d297a34f19938f7daa7422ab0d4f794454133341ac │
│ Initiator          │ myuser                                                           │
│ AssignedExecutorID │ a8379b78f7b2dc40d600f61f21af500bc28f10050941f8ce23fce474f8bb9102 │
│ AssignedExecutorID │ Successful                                                       │
│ PriorityTime       │ 1721393484612965836                                              │
│ SubmissionTime     │ 2024-07-19 14:51:24                                              │
│ StartTime          │ 2024-07-19 14:51:24                                              │
│ EndTime            │ 2024-07-19 14:51:24                                              │
│ WaitDeadline       │ 0001-01-01 00:53:28                                              │
│ ExecDeadline       │ 0001-01-01 00:53:28                                              │
│ WaitingTime        │ 718.755ms                                                        │
│ ProcessingTime     │ 367.829ms                                                        │
│ Retries            │ 0                                                                │
│ Input              │                                                                  │
│ Output             │ Hello World!                                                     │
│ Errors             │                                                                  │
╰────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────────────────╮
│ Function Specification   │
├─────────────┬────────────┤
│ Func        │ helloworld │
│ Args        │ None       │
│ KwArgs      │ None       │
│ MaxWaitTime │ -1         │
│ MaxExecTime │ -1         │
│ MaxRetries  │ 0          │
│ Label       │            │
╰─────────────┴────────────╯
╭────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Conditions                             │
├──────────────────┬─────────────────────┤
│ Colony           │ dev                 │
│ ExecutorNames    │ None                │
│ ExecutorType     │ helloworld-executor │
│ Dependencies     │                     │
│ Nodes            │ 0                   │
│ CPU              │ 0m                  │
│ Memory           │ 0Mi                 │
│ Processes        │ 0                   │
│ ProcessesPerNode │ 0                   │
│ Storage          │ 0Mi                 │
│ Walltime         │ 0                   │
│ GPUName          │                     │
│ GPUs             │ 0                   │
│ GPUPerNode       │ 0                   │
│ GPUMemory        │ 0Mi                 │
╰──────────────────┴─────────────────────╯

Submitting jobs from Julia

client, colonyname, colony_prvkey, executorname, prvkey = Colonies.client()

conditions = Colonies.Conditions(colonyname=colonyname,
                                 executortype="helloworld-executor")

funcspec = Colonies.FunctionSpec(funcname="helloworld",
                                 maxretries=3,
                                 maxexectime=55,
                                 conditions=conditions,
                                 label="helloworld-process")

process = Colonies.submit(client, funcspec, prvkey)
println("Process submitted: ", process.processid)

println("Waiting for process to finish ...")
Colonies.wait(client, process, 60, prvkey)
println("Process finished")

println("Getting 100 last logs")
logs = Colonies.getlogs(client, colonyname, process.processid, 100, 0, prvkey)
for log in logs
    print(log.message)
end

To run the example, type:

source docker-compose.env
cd examples
julia helloworld.jl
Activating project at `~/dev/github/colonyos/Colonies.jl`
Process submitted: 9a4c74b2617711eb356fa85839554092b4a01abac380f51ff27a3796796ef32d
Waiting for process to finish ...
Process finished
Getting 100 last logs
Julia says Hello World!

Logging

It is also possible to search for logs.

colonies log search --text "Hello" -d 30
INFO[0000] Searching for logs                            Count=20 Days=30 Text=Hello
╭──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Timestamp    │ 2024-07-19 14:57:47                                              │
│ ExecutorName │ V4uadfkRM2aP                                                     │
│ ProcessID    │ 9a4c74b2617711eb356fa85839554092b4a01abac380f51ff27a3796796ef32d │
│ Text         │ Julia says Hello World!                                          │
╰──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Timestamp    │ 2024-07-19 14:51:25                                              │
│ ExecutorName │ V4uadfkRM2aP                                                     │
│ ProcessID    │ 56edc0017579a62cd11c150b07df2bbf535c684722a3bb04000aabee7fdb02f6 │
│ Text         │ Julia says Hello World!                                          │
╰──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
colonies log get -p  9a4c74b2617711eb356fa85839554092b4a01abac380f51ff27a3796796ef32d
Julia says Hello World!