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Using the AEC2 package with mmjobs

Description
A simple Mosel program for testing the AEC2 package.

Further explanation of this example: Reference manual 'AEC2: Managing Amazon EC2 from Mosel'


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aec2test.mos

(!*******************************************************
  * Mosel Example Problems                              *
  * ======================                              *
  *                                                     *
  * file aec2test.mos                                   *
  * `````````````````                                   *
  *  A simple model for testing the AEC2 package        *
  *                                                     *
  * (c) 2011 Fair Isaac Corporation                     *
  *     author: Y. Colombani                            *
  *******************************************************!)

model aec2_test
uses 'aec2','mmjobs'

parameters
 aec2_config="aec2.acf"
end-parameters

declarations
 ainst:EC2instance
 instances:list of EC2instance
 minst:Mosel
 rmod:Model
 l:text
end-declarations

! If necessary, define an HTTP proxy
!setparam("httpgproxy","calliope")

! Now load the configuration prepared with aec2setup
if not loadAEC2Config(aec2_config) then
 writeln("The configuration file 'aec2.acf' is missing or incomplete.")
 writeln("Please run the 'aec2setup' program for updating it.")
 exit(1)
end-if

! Let's try to find a running instance
instances:=getAllInstances
if instances.size>0 then
 writeln("+ Found the following running instance(s):")
 forall(i in instances) do
  writeln("\t",i.Id,"(",statetext(i.state),") from image ",i.image)
  ! we keep the first instance built from an appropriate image
  if ainst.Id="" and i.state=AEC2_RUNNING  and i.image=aec2_image then
     ainst:=i
  end-if
 end-do
 if ainst.Id="" then
  writeln("None of these instances can be used")
 end-if
else
 writeln("+ No instance running.")
end-if
writeln

if ainst.Id="" then
 write("+ Starting a new EC2 instance.");fflush
 ainst:=runInstance
 if not waitInstanceReady(ainst,300,true) then
  writeln("\nFailed to start instance!")
  terminateInstance(ainst)
  exit(1)
 end-if
 writeln
end-if

writeln("+ Starting Mosel on instance ",ainst.Id)
! Start a Mosel instance in the cloud...
if connect(minst,getConnString(ainst))<>0 then
 writeln("Failed to start Mosel on ",ainst.Id)
 exit(1)
end-if

writeln("+ Remote instance system information:",getsysinfo(minst))
writeln

! generate a simple model for testing
fopen("tmp:minimod.mos",F_OUTPUT)
writeln(
"model minimod\n"+
"writeln('Hello from EC2')\n"+
"end-model")
fclose(F_OUTPUT)

writeln("+ Compile a model remotely (bim file saved on the remote instance)")
! Now compile then load...
if compile(minst,"","rmt:tmp:minimod.mos","tmp:m.bim")<>0 then
 writeln("Compilation failed!")
end-if

writeln("+ Load then run:")
load(minst,rmod,"tmp:m.bim")
run(rmod)
wait
dropnextevent
writeln("\n+ Execution finished!")
unload(rmod)

writeln("+ Disconnecting Mosel.")
disconnect(minst)

write("\nWould you like to shut down Amazon instance ",ainst.Id," ?");fflush
if readtextline(l)>0 and (getchar(l,1)=89 or getchar(l,1)=121) then
 writeln("Terminating Amazon instance.")
 terminateInstance(ainst)
end-if

end-model

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