Condor Boot Camp at Purdue
Lecture Materials
- Using Condor (Powerpoint) (PDF)
- Administrating Condor (Powerpoint) (PDF) (Handout)
- Condor Tutorial
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Condor tutorial for Condor Boot Camp
Preliminaries
You might want to refer to the online Condor manual.
You may enjoy browsing the Condor web page
Which Condor?
After we have gone through all of these examples, you will get a chance to install your own personal Condor, just in case you might want to have Condor on your workstation back home.
We will be using Condor 6.8.4, which is the most recently released stable version of Condor. Condor has two coexisting versions at any given time. Condor 6.8.x is considered a stable release. You know it is stable because the second digit (a 6) is an even number. This is the tenth release in the stable series. It has the same features as Condor 6.8.0, but has had a number of bug fixes. Some people may think that the fact that there have been so many stable releases is a sign that Condor has a lot of bugs. However, you should think of it differently: Condor actively supports ther stable series and works hard to make sure that it is rock solid.
Condor 6.9.3 is the latest development release of Condor. You know it's a development release because the second digit (a 9) is an odd number. Development releases add new features and are more likely to have serious bugs.
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.
