Configuring SimFactory

Shell Alias

The main SimFactory binary is called “sim” and is located in simfactory/bin. You can execute SimFactory explicitly as simfactory/bin/sim, but we recommend that you set up a shell alias in your shell startup file so that you can just use the command “sim”. For bash users this file is .bashrc on Linux and .profile on Mac OS. Add the following to the shell startup file:

alias sim=simfactory/bin/sim

Setup

SimFactory needs to be configured before it can be used. The recommended way to do this is to use the setup command which prompts the user for the required information.

sim setup

Follow the on-screen prompts. This will output your choices in the configuration file simfactory/etc/defs.local.ini. It is likely that you will have to further customise this file. You can see some possible option settings in simfactory/etc/defs.local.ini.example.

SimFactory needs to have a machine definition for every machine that it is run on. If you are using a machine that SimFactory already has a definition for, such as a well-known supercomputer used by others in the Cactus community, then no additional setup is required. If, however, you are running SimFactory on an individual laptop or workstation, or on an unsupported supercomputer, the setup command will also create a new machine definition for the local machine in simfactory/mdb/machines. You may also have to add extra information to this file.