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Entry  Tue Feb 26 02:45:20 2019, anchal, Notes, Computers, Migrating epics channels from acromag1 to c3iocserver acromag.cmd
    Reply  Tue Mar 12 17:04:03 2019, anchal and awade, Summary, Computers, Migrating epics channels from acromag1 to c3iocserver 
       Reply  Sun Mar 17 18:28:06 2019, awade and anchal, Summary, Computers, Migrating epics channels from acromag1 to c3iocserver: killing acromag1 services 
Message ID: 2309     Entry time: Tue Mar 12 17:04:03 2019     In reply to: 2308     Reply to this: 2310
Author: anchal and awade 
Type: Summary 
Category: Computers 
Subject: Migrating epics channels from acromag1 to c3iocserver 
  • The migration of all EPICS channel hosting and all python programmes has been done from Acromag1 to C3IOCServer. Now Acromag1 is neither hosting anything nor running any codes.
  • All channels are hosted in C3IOCServer through docker services. The channels are grouped into 5 groups which can be independently stopped or restarted now. This will allow to cahnge any channels or add channels without disrupting everything else.
  • All python programmes (Autolockers, PID scripts etc) are also running as separate services.
  • All these services are run inside a container which is utilizing an IP address in our local netwrok. Addresses 10.0.1.96-127 are reserved for such services.
  • At any time, to see the list of services, ssh into C3IOCserver (ssh 10.0.1.36) and run sudo docker ps.
  • Using the container names, the services can be stopped (sudo docker stop container name), started (sudo docker start container name) or restarted (sudo docker restart container name)
  • To shut down all the python programmes, go to /home/controls/Git/cit_ctnlab/ctn_scripts and run sudo docker-compose down.   To start them again, run  sudo docker-compose up. To run it in background, use flag -d.
  • To shut down all the channels, go to /home/controls/modbus and run sudo docker-compose down. Rest instructions are as above.
  • For adding a new python script as a service, you would need to add any additional packages in /home/controls/Git/pyEPICSDocker/requirement.txt and run "sudo docker build -t pyep ." at the same directory. Delete any previous instance of the image to save space.
  • After this, add the service in Git/cit_ctnlab/ctn_scripts/docker-compose.yml following the examples of existing services.
  • If the packages are LIGO propietary, you would need to mount the cloned git dir into "/dev" folder in the docker-compose.yml file and add sys.path.append('/dep') in your python script. Follow example of netgpibpackage used in PLLautolocker.py.
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