crew_class_launcher_cluster: *[Maturing]* Abstract cluster launcher class

In crew.cluster: Crew Launcher Plugins for Traditional High-Performance Computing Clusters

Abstract cluster launcher class

Description

R6 class to help develop specific cluster launcher plugins.

Details

See crew_launcher_cluster().

Attribution

The template files at https://github.com/mschubert/clustermq/tree/master/inst informed the development of the crew launcher plugins in crew.cluster, and we would like to thank Michael Schubert for developing clustermq and releasing it under the permissive Apache License 2.0. See the NOTICE and README.md files in the crew.cluster source code for additional attribution.

Super class

crew::crew_class_launcher -> crew_class_launcher_cluster

Active bindings

options_cluster

See crew_launcher_cluster().

Methods

Public methods

• crew_class_launcher_cluster$new()

• crew_class_launcher_cluster$validate()

• crew_class_launcher_cluster$launch_workers()

Inherited methods

• crew::crew_class_launcher$call()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$crashes()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$launch()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$launch_worker()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$poll()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$scale()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$set_name()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$settings()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$start()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$terminate()
• crew::crew_class_launcher$terminate_workers()

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Method new()

Abstract launcher constructor.

Usage

crew_class_launcher_cluster$new(
  name = NULL,
  workers = NULL,
  seconds_interval = NULL,
  seconds_timeout = NULL,
  seconds_launch = NULL,
  seconds_idle = NULL,
  seconds_wall = NULL,
  tasks_max = NULL,
  tasks_timers = NULL,
  reset_globals = NULL,
  reset_packages = NULL,
  reset_options = NULL,
  garbage_collection = NULL,
  tls = NULL,
  r_arguments = NULL,
  options_metrics = NULL,
  options_cluster = NULL
)

Arguments

name

See crew_launcher_cluster().

workers

See crew_launcher_cluster().

seconds_interval

See crew_launcher_cluster().

seconds_timeout

See crew_launcher_cluster().

seconds_launch

See crew_launcher_cluster().

seconds_idle

See crew_launcher_cluster().

seconds_wall

See crew_launcher_cluster().

tasks_max

See crew_launcher_cluster().

tasks_timers

See crew_launcher_cluster().

reset_globals

See crew_launcher_cluster().

reset_packages

See crew_launcher_cluster().

reset_options

See crew_launcher_cluster().

garbage_collection

See crew_launcher_cluster().

tls

See crew_launcher_cluster().

r_arguments

See crew_launcher_cluster().

options_metrics

See crew_launcher_cluster().

options_cluster

See crew_launcher_cluster().

Returns

An abstract launcher object.

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Method validate()

Validate the launcher.

Usage

crew_class_launcher_cluster$validate()

Returns

NULL (invisibly). Throws an error if a field is invalid.

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Method launch_workers()

Launch a job array

Usage

crew_class_launcher_cluster$launch_workers(call, n)

Arguments

call

Character string, a namespaced call to crew::crew_worker() which will run in the worker and accept tasks.

n

Positive integer of length 1, number of workers to launch in the current round of auto-scaling.

Details

The call argument is R code that will run to initiate the worker.

Returns

A handle object to allow the termination of the worker later on.

See Also

Other cluster: crew_class_monitor_cluster, crew_launcher_cluster(), crew_monitor_cluster(), crew_options_cluster()

crew.cluster documentation built on Sept. 15, 2025, 5:08 p.m.