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5. Universal Callbacks

Universal Callbacks

Overview

Universal callbacks are operations which are automatically attached to every single job.

These are installed by a site administrator either on the supervisor's local disk or on a file system which is accessible by the supervisor service.

Setting Up Universal Callbacks

To set up Universal Callbacks, the site administrator needs to make a directory (default $QBDIR/callback) and create a text-based configuration file, called "callbacks.conf" in that directory.

Further, in the same directory, files containing the implementation (aka "code") of each Universal Callback must also be installed.

The callbacks.conf file serves as a map that tells the system which callback code should be triggered to run on what events.

The "callbacks.conf" file

The callbacks.conf file is a text file, much like qb.conf, containing one or more lines with a "key = value" pair, associating each implementation file to a trigger event. The syntax is:

# lines starting with a hash mark are comments
filename = trigger

The filename points to a file in the same directory that implements the callback code. Note that Universal Callbacks support Python, Perl, and Qube callbacks, and the filename must have the extension .py, .pl, or .qcb, respectively.

The trigger specifies the triggering event that activates the callback, described in details at Triggers

Here's an example:

#
# callbacks.conf
#
# syntax of this file is :
# filename = triggers
#
logFailuresToDB.py = failed-job-self-*
mail-status.qcb = done-job-self
checkWork.pl = done-work-self-*

In this example, there are presumably 3 implementation files in the callback directory, logFailuresToDB.py, mail-status.qcb, and checkWork.pl, that have the implementation code in them.

qb.conf Parameters

supervisor_universal_callback_path

• Path to the directory where Universal Callbacks (the callbacks.conf file and the implementation files) are found
• May be a comma-separated list to specify multiple locations
• default: $QBDIR/callback