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Submitting Workloads

How to Submit a Workload

To submit a workload using the UI:

  1. In the left menu press Workloads.
  2. Press New Workload, and select Workspace or Training.
  1. In the Projects pane, select a project. Use the search box to find projects that are not listed. If you can't find the project, see your system administrator.
  2. In the Templates pane, select a template from the list. Use the search box to find templates that are not listed. If you can't find the specific template you need, create a new one, or see your system administrator.
  3. Enter a Workspace name, and press continue.
  4. In the Environment pane select or create a new environment. Use the search box to find environments that are not listed.
  5. In the Compute resource pane, select resources for your tranings or create a new compute resource. Use the search box to find resources that are not listed. Press More settings to use Node Affinity to limit the resources to a specific node.

  6. Open the Volume pane, and press Volume to add a volume to your training.

    1. Select the *Storage class* from the dropdown.
2. Select the *Access mode* from the dropdown.
3. Enter a claim size, and select the units.
4. Select a *Volume system*, mode from the dropdown.
5. Enter the *Container path* for volume target location.
6. Select a *Volume persistency.

  7. In the Data sources pane, press add a new data source. For more information, see Creating a new data source When complete press, Create Data Source.

  8. In the General pane, add special settings for your training (optional):

    1. Press *Auto-deletion* to delete the training automatically when it either completes or fails. You can configure the timeframe in days, hours, minuets, and seconds. If the timeframe is set to 0, the training will be deleted immediately after it completes or fails.
2. Press *Annotation* to a name and value to annotate the training. Repeat this step to add multiple annotations.
3. Press *Label* to a name and value to label the training. Repeat this step to add multiple labels.

  9. When complete, press *Create workspace.

  1. In the Projects pane, select the destination project. Use the search box to find projects that are not listed. If you can't find the project, you can create your own, or see your system administrator.
  2. In the Multi-node pane, choose Single node for a single node training, or Multi-node (distributed) for distributed training. When you choose Multi-node, select a framework that is listed, then select the multi-node training configuration by selecting either Workers & master or Workers only.
  3. In the Templates pane, select a template from the list. Use the search box to find templates that are not listed. If you can't find the specific template you need, see your system administrator.
  4. In the Training name pane, enter a name for the Traninng, then press continue.
  5. In the Environment pane select or create a new environment. Use the search box to find environments that are not listed. Press More settings to add an Environment variable or to edit the Command and Arguments field for the environment you selected.

  6. In the Compute resource pane:

     1. Select the number of workers for your training.
 2. Select *Compute resources* for your training or [create a new compute resource](../../Researcher/user-interface/workspaces/create/create-compute.md). Use the search box to find resources that are not listed. Press *More settings* to use **Node Affinity** to limit the resources to a specific node.

    !!! Note The number of compute resources for the workers is based on the number of workers selected.

  7. (Optional) Open the Volume pane, and press Volume to add a volume to your training.

     1. Select the *Storage class* from the dropdown.
 2. Select the *Access mode* from the dropdown.
 3. Enter a claim size, and select the units.
 4. Select a *Volume system*, mode from the dropdown.
 5. Enter the *Container path* for volume target location.
 6. Select a *Volume persistency.

  8. (Optional) In the Data sources pane, press add a new data source. For more information, see Creating a new data source When complete press, Create Data Source.

  9. (Optional) In the General pane, add special settings for your training (optional):

     1. Press *Auto-deletion* to delete the training automatically when it either completes or fails. You can configure the timeframe in days, hours, minuets, and seconds. If the timeframe is set to 0, the training will be deleted immediately after it completes or fails.
 2. Press *Annotation* to a name and value to annotate the training. Repeat this step to add multiple annotations.
 3. Press *Label* to a name and value to label the training. Repeat this step to add multiple labels.

  10. If you if selected Workers & master Press Continue to Configure the master and go to the next step. If not, then press Create training.

  11. If you do not want a different setup for the master, press Create training. If you would like to have a different setup for the master, toggle the switch to enable to enable a different setup.

     1. In the *Environment* pane select or [create a new environment](../../Researcher/user-interface/workspaces/create/create-env.md). Use the search box to find environments that are not listed. Press *More settings* to add an `Environment variable` or to edit the *Command* and *Arguments* field for the environment you selected.
 2. In the *Compute resource* pane, select a *Compute resources* for your training or [create a new compute resource](../../Researcher/user-interface/workspaces/create/create-compute.md). Use the search box to find resources that are not listed. Press *More settings* to use **Node Affinity** to limit the resources to a specific node.
 3. (Optional) Open the *Volume* pane, and press *Volume* to add a volume to your training.

    1. Select the *Storage class* from the dropdown.
    2. Select the *Access mode* from the dropdown.
    3. Enter a claim size, and select the units.
    4. Select a *Volume system*, mode from the dropdown.
    5. Enter the *Container path* for volume target location.
    6. Select a *Volume persistency.

 4. (Optional) In the *Data sources* pane, press *add a new data source*. For more information, see [Creating a new data source](../../Researcher/user-interface/workspaces/create/create-ds.md) When complete press, *Create Data Source*.
 5. (Optional) In the *General* pane, add special settings for your training (optional):

    1. Press *Auto-deletion* to delete the training automatically when it either completes or fails. You can configure the timeframe in days, hours, minuets, and seconds. If the timeframe is set to 0, the training will be deleted immediately after it completes or fails.
    2. Press *Annotation* to a name and value to annotate the training. Repeat this step to add multiple annotations.
    3. Press *Label* to a name and value to label the training. Repeat this step to add multiple labels.

  12. When your training configuration is complete. press Create training.

Workload Policies

As an administrator, you can set Policies on Workloads. Policies allow administrators to impose restrictions and set default values for Researcher Workloads. For more information see Workload Policies.