Allow jobs to be submitted in paused status #99439

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Sybren A. Stüvel · 2022-07-04T17:35:13+02:00

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2022-07-04 17:35:13 +02:00

To support external synchronisation of files, for example via Syncthing, it would be great to be able to submit jobs in paused state.

This would be a possible use case:

Submit the job, storing the files in some local directory that's synchronised by Syncthing.
The job is created by Flamenco Manager, and is paused.
Wait for Syncthing to sync all the files.
Queue the job for execution on the farm.

As a followup task, it would be amazing if we could get some signal from Syncthing that the synchronisation is complete and the job can start.

An alternative approach would be to have Syncthing on the worker indicate that that worker's files are synchronised, and that it can join in the work on that job. That'll require some architectural changes, though.

To support external synchronisation of files, for example via [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/), it would be great to be able to submit jobs in `paused` state. This would be a possible use case: - Submit the job, storing the files in some local directory that's synchronised by Syncthing. - The job is created by Flamenco Manager, and is paused. - Wait for Syncthing to sync all the files. - Queue the job for execution on the farm. --------------- As a followup task, it would be amazing if we could get some signal from Syncthing that the synchronisation is complete and the job can start. An alternative approach would be to have Syncthing on the worker indicate that that worker's files are synchronised, and that it can join in the work on that job. That'll require some architectural changes, though.

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2022-07-04 17:35:13 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'