CloudMesh

Dependencies

Follow this to install bazel - https://bazel.build/install

Third Party Dependencies

We can install ZeroMQ for cpp as follows. Run the following starting from the CloudMesh/third_party/ folder.

Mac Dependencies

May need to install the following when troubleshooting issues

brew install gnutls

Window Dependencies

To be determined (???)

libzmq dependency

git clone https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq
cd libzmq
mkdir build
cd build
sudo cmake .. -DENABLE_DRAFT=ON -DENABLE_CURVE=OFF -DENABLE_WSS=OFF 
sudo make install

cppzmq dependency

git clone https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq
cd cppzmq
mkdir build
cd build
sudo cmake ..
sudo make install

We install ZeroMQ for Python using pip install pyzmq.

Key Files -

• BUILD file - Contains the build instructions for the targets.
• MODULE.bazel file - Contains the module name and the dependencies.

Compilation

To compile BOOTSTRAP, PROVIDER and REQUESTER, run the following commands:

MacOS

bazel build //... --experimental_google_legacy_api --config=macos

Linux

bazel build //... --experimental_google_legacy_api

Compilation (Local)

To compile BOOTSTRAP, PROVIDER and REQUESTER locally, run the following commands:

MacOS

bazel build //... --define local=true --experimental_google_legacy_api --config=macos

Linux

bazel build //... --define local=true --experimental_google_legacy_api

Execution

To execute, run the following commands:

Bootstrap

./bazel-bin/bootstrap

(8080 is reserved for bootstrap port so peers know where to connect)

Provider

./bazel-bin/provider [8080]

(8080 is the default port, optional parameter)

Requester

./bazel-bin/requester [8080 [r | c]] 

8080 is the default port, optional parameter
r is an optional parameter to request to receive the result of the computation (use same port as original request execution) c is an optional parameter to request to provide the computation

Resources

The peers assume data is located in the directory specified by the DATA_DIR parameter in utility.h. All filenames and globbing options are taken w.r.t the DATA_DIR parameter.

Tests

A few unit tests are available. They can be run with

bazel test //:utility_test

Clean

To clean the build files:

bazel clean

How to add a new external dependency

Add the external dependency in MODULE.bazel file. This will now be visible to all the targets in the module.
For example:

http_archive(
    name = "com_github_nlohmann_json",
    urls = ["https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz"],
    sha256 = "0d8ef5af7f9794e3263480193c491549b2ba6cc74bb018906202ada498a79406",
    strip_prefix = "json-3.11.3",
)

How to add a new proto file

1. Create your proto file in the proto directory. (similar to payload.proto)
2. Run the build command to auto generate the new proto files.
3. Import the new proto file by adding this line to the top of the file:

#include "proto/{name}.pb.h"

VSCode Include Path (to get rid of red squiggly lines)

To include the dependency build files in VSCode, add the following to the includePath for Cpp:

"C_Cpp.default.includePath": [
  "${workspaceFolder}/bazel-PeerToPeer/external/{your_target_directory}"
]