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aditam.agent package
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Description
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ADITAM is a remote task scheduler which facilitates mass task managing over heterogeneous network.
The project contains :

- **adtitam.core** (Python) : the common parts of the Aditam agent and server
- **aditam.server** (Python) : the server in charge of scheduling and distributing the tasks
- **aditam.agent** (Python) : the agent handles orders sent by the tasks manager and execute the tasks sent by it
- **aditam web gui** (php) : the aditam web interface http://www.aditam.org/downloads/cake.tar.gz

This package contains the agent of the ADITAM project. The agents are installed on every server of the farm.
It handles orders sent by the tasks manager and execute the tasks sent by it.
Then the agent sends an activity report that is stored in database.
Data needed for tasks execution must be available locally or through a network file system.

Requires
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- Python 2.5 : http://www.python.org/download/
- easy_install : http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install

You must add C:\\Python2.5 and C:\Python2.5\\Scripts in your Path on Windows.

OS Independent installation
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Module installation
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Enter in a console::

    easy_install aditam.agent

Configure the agent
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Enter in a console::

   aditam-admin.py --agent

Follow the instructions.
