Using the GUI, a pictoral example

Logging in

start the gui with...

The jar file : java -jar gui.jar
Compiling and executing : make then make run

This opens up the login screen. Enter a user and password combination and choose a Central Server. Press Submit and the GUI presents you with the submit tab.

The Submit Tab

The Submit Tab is used to submit jobs to the faucets system. Pressing List Applications lists all the applications in Faucets. Pressing Submit submits a job to Faucets. However, first we must include a job property file. Clicking Open will include a job property file. Clicking View will open an appApplication window to edit the job property file.

Application Properties Files and appApplication

Application Properties Files are the QOS contracts that Faucets uses to find resources for jobs. AppApplication is a gui tool for making these file. AppApplication supports most QOS requirements. Enter in job characteristics in the text boxes in AppApplication.

Monitor Tab

The Monitor tab is used to work with jobs durring and after execution. The user can kill, monitor, check the status, and download output files of job.