HTCondor Puppet Module for Installation and Basic Configuration

A Puppet module for installing and configuring HTCondor, a workload management system for compute-intensive jobs.

Features

• Installs HTCondor and sets up the official YUM repository
• Manages core configuration files and directories
• Supports Central Manager, Scheduler, and Worker node roles
• Handles HTCondor security settings and service management
• Centralizes configuration defaults using htcondor::params
• Example role classes for Foreman-based environments in roles/htcondorcluster/

Requirements

• Puppet 6 or newer
• RHEL/CentOS 9 or compatible OS (default repository URL)
• Root privileges for installation and configuration

Installation

Clone or download this module into your Puppet modules directory:

git clone https://github.com/igvaz/htcondor-install-puppetmodule.git /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/htcondor

Setup

To use this module, include the main htcondor class in your Puppet manifests. You must change the following parameters centralized in htcondor::params accordingly with your environment:

Parameter	Description	Default Value
condor_host	Hostname of the HTCondor central manager	'central_manager_hostname'
condor_schedd	Hostname of the HTCondor scheduler	'scheduler_hostname'
domain	Domain used for UID_DOMAIN and related settings	'example.domain.com'
local_dirs	Array of local directories for HTCondor usage	See example in htcondor::params
pool_password	Password for pool authentication	'your_pool_password'

Configuration Templates

Edit the EPP templates in the templates/ directory to match your environment as well.

• condor_config.epp
• 10_security.config.epp
• 20_workernode.config.epp
• 21_schedd.config.epp
• 22_manager.config.epp

For more details, see the HTCondor documentation.

Classes Reference

Public Classes

• htcondor: Main entry point for installation and configuration
• htcondor::central_manager: Configures a node as Central Manager
• htcondor::scheduler: Configures a node as Scheduler
• htcondor::worker: Configures a node as Worker

Private Classes

• htcondor::install: Installs HTCondor and sets up repository
• htcondor::config: Manages configuration files and directories
• htcondor::service: Manages the HTCondor service
• htcondor::security: Manages security configuration
• htcondor::params: Centralizes default parameters

Support

For issues and contributions, please open an issue or pull request on GitHub.