This is a long looking entry but that's because of all the images :). It should take about a half hour to get your xgrid up and running.
Here's how:
First you need one Mac running Tiger (OSX) to control the grid. This doesn't need to be a powerhouse Mac as it will be acting as your controller, the only requirement is that the Mac is running OS X Tiger.
You will need to download and install: xgridlite
You will have a new entry in your System Preferences:
Start the controller and specify your security settings.
Back to your System Preferences > Sharing >
Start xgrid
Next, you will need to download and install: Server Admin Tools
Start Xgrid Admin > Add Controller
Click on Agents and see that your mac has been added via the Xgrid Admin GUI, we added a dual processor Mac, so we see : 1 agent and 2 processors.
Next, we add some additional agents:
Lets setup 2 agents, one for a linux box and one for an XP box, we'll call the agents respectively "box1" and "box2".
Xgrid Admin > Agent > Add Agent > box1
Xgrid Admin > Agent > Add Agent > box2
You will now see 3 Agents.
Okay, now onto configuring our agent boxes.
On each box that you want to run as an agent, download: Xgridagent for Java
On your linux box:
Unpack xgridagent
cd into the xgridagent directory.
From the xgridagent README:
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usage: java -jar xgridagent.jar host name mhz
host is the address or hostname on the controller
name is the name of this agent
mhz is the CPU power of one CPU in this agent
run the program from within the xgridagent directory
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So, if your Mac is at 10.12.1.111 and the box you are adding is running a 3.2 Ghz processor, your commands would look something like this:
$cd /wherever/you/unpacked/xgridagent
$ java -jar xgridagent.jar 10.12.1.111 box1 3200
some output:
Connected to controller: 10.12.1.111
hooray! We are connected to the xgrid controller on the Mac.
Let's add box2 (an XP box running at 2400 Mhz)
Make sure cygwin is installed on your XP.
$cd /wherever/you/unpacked/xgridagent
$ java -jar xgridagent.jar 10.12.1.111 box2 2400
some output:
Connected to controller: 10.12.1.111
You now have a working grid running at 7.33 Mhz. Pretty cool.
You can run xgrid from the command line, try:
$ xgrid -h localhost -job submit /usr/bin/echo Hello World
You can add to your grid by adding agents in Xgrid Admin and running xgridagent on as many boxes as you need.
To add Macs to your grid, go to System Preferences > Sharing and start xgrid.
xgrid man page
Get GridStuffer to give your xgrid a workout.
Have fun!]]>