example of using TMUX

train2.py

import argparse
import os
import sys
from six.moves import shlex_quote

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run commands")
parser.add_argument('-w', '--num-workers', default=1, type=int,
                    help="Number of workers")
parser.add_argument('-r', '--remotes', default=None,
                    help='The address of pre-existing VNC servers and '
                         'rewarders to use (e.g. -r vnc://localhost:5900+15900,vnc://localhost:5901+15901).')
parser.add_argument('-e', '--env-id', type=str, default="PongDeterministic-v3",
                    help="Environment id")
parser.add_argument('-l', '--log-dir', type=str, default="/tmp/pong",
                    help="Log directory path")
parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true',
                    help="Print out commands rather than executing them")
parser.add_argument('-m', '--mode', type=str, default='tmux',
                    help="tmux: run workers in a tmux session. nohup: run workers with nohup. child: run workers as child processes")
parser.add_argument('-rl', '--run-local', type=bool, default=False,
                    help="Whether or not run locally")
# Add visualise tag
parser.add_argument('--visualise', action='store_true',
                    help="Visualise the gym environment by running env.render() between each timestep")


def new_cmd(session, name, cmd, mode, logdir, shell):
    if isinstance(cmd, (list, tuple)):
        cmd = " ".join(shlex_quote(str(v)) for v in cmd)
    if mode == 'tmux':
        return name, "tmux send-keys -t {}:{} {} Enter".format(session, name, shlex_quote(cmd))
    elif mode == 'child':
        return name, "{} >{}/{}.{}.out 2>&1 & echo kill $! >>{}/kill.sh".format(cmd, logdir, session, name, logdir)
    elif mode == 'nohup':
        return name, "nohup {} -c {} >{}/{}.{}.out 2>&1 & echo kill $! >>{}/kill.sh".format(shell, shlex_quote(cmd), logdir, session, name, logdir)
# name used for tmux session
SESSION_NAME = "a3c"

def ossystem(cmd):
    print(cmd)
    os.system(cmd)
    
initialized_windows = set()
def run_in_window(window, cmd_list):
    """Runs command in tmux window, initializing tmux session and window if
    necessary. cmd_list is list of args"""
    
    global initialized_windows
    def run(cmd):
        ossystem("tmux send-keys -t {} '{}' Enter".format(window, cmd))

    # if nothing initialized, restart session
    if not initialized_windows:
        ossystem('tmux kill-session -t' + SESSION_NAME)
        # -d starts new session in detached mode
        # since can't start windowless tmux, start with dummy window and rename
        # later
        ossystem('tmux new-session -s %s -n %s -d '% (SESSION_NAME, "blargh"))
    
    if not window in initialized_windows:
        if not initialized_windows:
            ossystem('tmux rename-window -t blargh '+window)
        else:
            ossystem("tmux new-window -t {} -n {}".format(SESSION_NAME, window))

        # opencv causes segfault when used with TF GPU, turn off OpenCL to fix
        run("export OPENCV_OPENCL_RUNTIME=")
        run("export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=2")
        initialized_windows.add(window)
        
    run(' '.join(cmd_list))

    
def launch_training(num_workers, remotes, env_id, logdir):
    """Launches PS and worker processes.

    Args:
      num_workers: number of worker (non-ps processes) to launch
      remotes: ....
      env_id: gym env id, ie PongDeterministic-v3
      logdir: TensorFlow logdir
    """
    
    ossystem('mkdir -p '+logdir)

    # command shared between worker and ps runs
    base_cmd = [
        sys.executable,  'worker.py',
        '--log-dir', logdir, '--env-id', env_id,
        '--num-workers', str(num_workers)]

    # start parameter server
    run_in_window("ps", base_cmd + ["--job-name", "ps"])

    # start workers
    if remotes is None:
        remotes = ["1"] * num_workers
    else:
        remotes = remotes.split(',')
        assert len(remotes) == num_workers

    cmds_map = [new_cmd(session, "ps", base_cmd + ["--job-name", "ps"], mode, logdir, shell)]
    for i in range(num_workers):
        cmds_map += [new_cmd(session,
            "w-%d" % i, base_cmd + ["--job-name", "worker", "--task", str(i), "--remotes", remotes[i]], mode, logdir, shell)]

    cmds_map += [new_cmd(session, "tb", ["tensorboard", "--logdir", logdir, "--port", "12345"], mode, logdir, shell)]
    if mode == 'tmux':
        cmds_map += [new_cmd(session, "htop", ["htop"], mode, logdir, shell)]
    for i in range(num_workers):
        base_cmd = [
#            sys.executable, '-m pdb', 'worker.py',
            sys.executable, '-u', 'worker.py',
            '--log-dir', logdir, '--env-id', env_id,
            '--num-workers', str(num_workers)]
        worker_cmd = base_cmd + ["--job-name", "worker", "--task", str(i),
                                 "--remotes", remotes[i]]
        run_in_window("w-"+str(i), worker_cmd)

    # start TensorBoard
    run_in_window('tb', ["tensorboard --logdir {} --port 12344".format(logdir)])

    # attach to worker0
    ossystem('tmux select-window -t %s:%s'%(SESSION_NAME, 'w-0'))
    ossystem('tmux a -t '+SESSION_NAME)

    notes = []
    cmds = [
        "mkdir -p {}".format(logdir),
        "echo {} {} > {}/cmd.sh".format(sys.executable, ' '.join([shlex_quote(arg) for arg in sys.argv if arg != '-n']), logdir),
    ]
    if mode == 'nohup' or mode == 'child':
        cmds += ["echo '#!/bin/sh' >{}/kill.sh".format(logdir)]
        notes += ["Run `source {}/kill.sh` to kill the job".format(logdir)]
    if mode == 'tmux':
        notes += ["Use `tmux attach -t {}` to watch process output".format(session)]
        notes += ["Use `tmux kill-session -t {}` to kill the job".format(session)]
    else:
        notes += ["Use `tail -f {}/*.out` to watch process output".format(logdir)]
    notes += ["Point your browser to http://localhost:12345 to see Tensorboard"]

    if mode == 'tmux':
        cmds += [
        "kill $( lsof -i:12345 -t ) > /dev/null 2>&1",  # kill any process using tensorboard's port
        "kill $( lsof -i:12222-{} -t ) > /dev/null 2>&1".format(num_workers+12222), # kill any processes using ps / worker ports
        "tmux kill-session -t {}".format(session),
        "tmux new-session -s {} -n {} -d {}".format(session, windows[0], shell)
        ]
        for w in windows[1:]:
            cmds += ["tmux new-window -t {} -n {} {}".format(session, w, shell)]
        cmds += ["sleep 1"]
    for window, cmd in cmds_map:
        cmds += [cmd]

    return cmds, notes


def run():
    args = parser.parse_args()
    cmds, notes = create_commands("a3c", args.num_workers, args.remotes, args.env_id, args.log_dir, mode=args.mode, visualise=args.visualise)
    if args.dry_run:
        print("Dry-run mode due to -n flag, otherwise the following commands would be executed:")
    else:
        print("Executing the following commands:")
    print("\n".join(cmds))
    print("")
    if not args.dry_run:
        if args.mode == "tmux":
            os.environ["TMUX"] = ""
        os.system("\n".join(cmds))
    print('\n'.join(notes))

def main():
    args = parser.parse_args()
    launch_training(args.num_workers, args.remotes, args.env_id, args.log_dir)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()