Event Plugin Log

Deadline
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Hi.
I’m now trying to create custom Event Plugin.
As a starting point, I implemented the following script and place it into custom/events folder.

My slave log says “Detected new event plugin XXX in the Repository, it will now be initialized” but after waiting for a while I can’t find the log message (Cleaning Callback Event Plugin) anywhere.

The interval of house cleaning is 60 seconds.
Do you know where this log is being ouput?

from Deadline.Events import *
from Deadline.Scripting import RepositoryUtils


def GetDeadlineEventListener():
    return CleaningCallback()

def CleanupDeadlineEventListener(deadlinePlugin):
    deadlinePlugin.Cleanup()

class CleaningCallback (DeadlineEventListener):
    """This is the main DeadlineEventListener class for ScheduledEvent."""
    def __init__(self):
        # Set up the event callbacks here
        self.OnHouseCleaningCallback += self.OnHouseCleaning

    def Cleanup(self):
        del self.OnHouseCleaningCallback

    def OnHouseCleaning(self):
        self.LogInfo("Cleaning Callback Event Plugin")
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Yeah this kinda sucks, it is not written in the job output in the Monitor anywhere. You can find it in the log files of the worker, but seems like it is not exposed in Monitor.

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Thanks for reply!

I checked the worker’s log and there was no expected output (Cleaning Callback Event Plugin).
The log is in the C:/ProgramData/Thinkbox/Deadlinexx/logs of my worker machine.

There is somthing wrong with me?

4

I realized my mistake.

The event plugin may run on the worker on which the housecleaning was run, so I need to identify that machine and check its logs.

Right?

5

Yeah, this is correct, house cleaning may run on any worker. No idea how to track which machine it is, however. I suspect all workers run house cleaning periodically, since it might clean local files on the worker?
Seems not very clear in the docs:
https://docs.thinkboxsoftware.com/products/deadline/10.1/1_User%20Manual/manual/event-plugins.html

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If you’ve got a Remote Connection Server or Pulse they’ll take over running House Cleaning for the Workers. You can also isolate the house cleaning logs to their own file using a setting in the Monitor under Tools → Configure Repository Options → House Cleaning → House Cleaning.

You can also manually trigger it from the Monitor under in the Monitor under Tools → Perform House Cleaning and you’ll see your event in the Monitor’s log or Console panel.

Personally, I add a __main__() to my event plugin file and call it with "%deadline_path%" \deadlinecommand -executeScript myEven.py. Then call my callback in the main, providing it with a test job if needed, or nothing at all if the callback doesn’t take any inputs. You can check the needed inputs in our docs here, highlighting OnJobFinished as it takes more than self.

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Manual triggering allowed me to see the logs.
Thanks!

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Hi.

The problem with logging has been resolved, but We are having trouble getting information about jobs using the RepositoryUtils module.
If you have any idea why we can’t get the information, please let us know.

We can get a Job object only if we specify the job id.
GetJobIds, GetSlaveNames, GetPools, etc. also return nothing, as does GetJobs.

Thanks.