Allinea DDT

Pre-Requisites

The Allinea Forge client can be downloaded for free:

Remote Debugging Session

Initial Configuration: Remote Launch Settings

The following configuration must be performed inside the Allinea Forge client:

• Click on the RemoteLaunch drop down list
• Select Configure...

• Specify the following parameters:

  • Connection Name: An optional name for this connection

  • Host Name: The host name of the remote system you wish to connect to. Syntax:

    [username]@hostname[:port]
    

    To login via one or more intermediate hosts (e.g. a gateway), enter the sequence of host names separated by spaces, e.g.:

    gateway.mycompany.com frontend.mycompany.com
    

  • Remote Installation Directory: Product installation directory on the remote system Example:

    /opt/allinea/forge
    

  • Remote Script: Commands to be run remotely at start Example:

    module load forge
    

Reverse Connect Debugging Session

• Enable Reverse Connect by modifying the job submission command:

  ddt --connect mpirun <argument>
  

• Start Allinea Forge client

• Wait for client to connect to your remote system through SSH
• Launch job
• The Allinea Forge client will show the Reverse Connect request

Note:

The request will specify:

• The host (typically a batch compute node) from where the request was made.
• The command line summary.