The xbatctld is a Python application that takes care of all management tasks for the xbat. It handles all interactions with the host system and Slurm. A gRPC server is provided to communicate with the backend.
Create a new virtual environment, activate it, and install the required packages.
cd src/xbatctld
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -e ..
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Start the development server with the command below:
cd src/xbatctld
source venv/bin/activate
python3 __init__.py
The proto file can be found at src/shared/grpc/xbat.proto. During the initial setup of the Python packages, the gRPC code is generated automatically. When making changes to the proto file, the code must be regenerated with the command below:
cd src
python3 setup.py build_proto
The gRPC server is available at Port 50051.