Actors

Support for Tapis actors (also known as Abaco actors) is is provided by the actors command set. It includes supplementary workflows for creating and deploying actor projects such as actors init and actors deploy.

General

List and inspect all Actors the currently authenticated user can access.

actors list

List available Actors

tapis actors list
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [--filter GLOB]

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

--filter GLOB

Filter by name,description,image,owner

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco list”

actors show

Show details for an Actor

tapis actors show [-Z NONCE] ACTOR_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco list”

Messaging

Send a message to an Actor’s mailbox, resulting in an Execution. This can be done asynchronously (default) or synchronously. For the latter case, it is possible to save the result to a file.

actors submit

Send an asynchronous message to an Actor

tapis actors submit
    [-Z NONCE]
    (-m STRING | -F FILEPATH)
    [-e key=value]
    ACTOR_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

-m STRING, --message STRING

Message to send to the Actor

-F FILEPATH, --file FILEPATH

Text file containing Actor message

-e key=value

Variable to send to the Actor (can be specified multiple times)

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco run”

actors run

Send a message to an Actor and await response

tapis actors run
    [-Z NONCE]
    (-m STRING | -F FILEPATH)
    [-e key=value]
    [-O OUTPUT]
    [--binary]
    ACTOR_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

-m STRING, --message STRING

Message to send to the Actor

-F FILEPATH, --file FILEPATH

Text file containing Actor message

-e key=value

Variable to send to the Actor (can be specified multiple times)

-O <OUTPUT>

Output destination (default: STDOUT)

--binary

Treat output as binary data

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco run”

Executions

List and inspect Executions for a given Actor. It is also possible to view the logs for a specific Execution.

actors execs list

List Executions for a specific Actor

tapis actors execs list
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-Z NONCE]
    [--filter GLOB]
    ACTOR_ID

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

--filter GLOB

Filter by finalState,status

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco executions”

actors execs logs

Show logs for a specific Execution

tapis actors execs logs
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-Z NONCE]
    ACTOR_ID
    EXECUTION_ID

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

EXECUTION_ID

Execution identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco logs”

actors execs show

Show details of a specific Execution

tapis actors execs show [-Z NONCE] ACTOR_ID EXECUTION_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

EXECUTION_ID

Execution identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco executions”

actors execs stop

Delete queued messages from the Actor mailbox, preventing their execution. Running executions will continue.

tapis actors execs stop [-Z NONCE] ACTOR_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Sharing

Assign and manage human-readable nicknames for Actors that can be used in lieu of their unique IDs.

Aliases

actors aliases create

Add an Alias for an Actor

tapis actors aliases create ALIAS_ID ACTOR_ID

ALIAS_ID

Alias string

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco aliases create”

actors aliases delete

Delete an Actor Alias

tapis actors aliases delete ALIAS_ID

ALIAS_ID

Alias string

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco aliases rm”

actors aliases list

List all Actor Aliases

tapis actors aliases list
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-l INT]
    [-o INT]
    [--filter GLOB]

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-l INT, --limit INT

Limit to N records (default: 100)

-o INT, --offset INT

Skip first N records

--filter GLOB

Filter by owner

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco aliases list”

actors aliases show

Show details for an Actor Alias

tapis actors aliases show ALIAS_ID

ALIAS_ID

Alias string

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco aliases list”

actors aliases update

Update an Alias to resolve to a different Actor

tapis actors aliases update ALIAS_ID ACTOR_ID

ALIAS_ID

Alias string

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “”

Nonces

Generate and manage Nonces, which are a kind of API key for Actors that allow them to be used without authenticating to the Tapis platform.

actors nonces create

Create a Nonce for the specified Actor (or Alias)

tapis actors nonces create
    [--level LEVEL]
    [--max-uses INT]
    [-A]
    ACTOR_ID

--level LEVEL

Optional Permissions level for this Nonce (default: EXECUTE)

--max-uses INT

Optional Max number of times Nonce can be redeemed (default: -1)

-A

Identifier is an ALIAS rather than an ACTOR_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

actors nonces delete

Delete a Nonce from an Actor (or Alias)

tapis actors nonces delete [-A] ACTOR_ID NONCE_ID

-A

Identifier is an ALIAS rather than an ACTOR_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

NONCE_ID

Nonce identifier

actors nonces list

List Nonces for the specified Actor (or Alias)

tapis actors nonces list
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [--filter GLOB]
    [-A]
    ACTOR_ID

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

--filter GLOB

Filter by description,level

-A

Identifier is an ALIAS rather than an ACTOR_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

actors nonces show

Show details for a Nonce attached to an Actor (or Alias)

tapis actors nonces show [-A] ACTOR_ID NONCE_ID

-A

Identifier is an ALIAS rather than an ACTOR_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

NONCE_ID

Nonce identifier

Permissions

Grant and manage update and execution rights for an Actor to other Tapis platform users.

Administration

Create and manage Actors. This can be accomplished by interacting directly with the Abaco APIs via create, update, and delete or via Tapis CLI workflows init and deploy.

actors create

Create an Actor

tapis actors create
    --repo ACTOR_REPO
    -n NAME
    [-d DESCRIPTION]
    [--stateful | --stateless]
    [--hints ACTOR_HINTS]
    [--privileged | --unprivileged]
    [--tokens | --no-tokens]
    [--actor-uid | --user-uid]
    [-e KEY=VALUE | -E ACTOR_ENV_FILE]
    [--link ACTOR_ID|ALIAS]
    [--webhook URL]
    [--cron-schedule SCHEDULE]
    [--cron-on | --cron-off]
    [--force]

--repo <ACTOR_REPO>

Docker image repo for the Actor

-n NAME, --name NAME

Name of the Actor

-d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION

Plaintext description of the Actor

--stateful

Actor will be stateful

--stateless

Actor will be stateless [default]

--hints <ACTOR_HINTS>

Comma-separated list of keyword hints

--privileged

Actor will have elevated privileges

--unprivileged

Actor will not have elevated privileges [default]

--tokens

Actor will request Tapis Oauth2 tokens [default]

--no-tokens

Actor will not request Tapis Oauth2 tokens

--actor-uid

Actor will run as container UID

--user-uid

Actor will run as the User UID [default]

-e KEY=VALUE, --env KEY=VALUE

Actor environment variables (can be specified multiple times)

-E <ACTOR_ENV_FILE>, --env-file <ACTOR_ENV_FILE>

Actor environment variables JSON file

--link ACTOR_ID|ALIAS

Actor ID or Alias event notifications

--webhook URL

URL for event notifications

--cron-schedule SCHEDULE

Cron schedule (yyyy-mm-dd hh + <int> <time unit>)

--cron-on

Actor cron is on

--cron-off

Actor cron is off

--force

Force Abaco to update Actor container image

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco create”

actors update

Update an Actor

tapis actors update
    --repo ACTOR_REPO
    [-d DESCRIPTION]
    [--hints ACTOR_HINTS]
    [--privileged | --unprivileged]
    [--tokens | --no-tokens]
    [--actor-uid | --user-uid]
    [-e KEY=VALUE | -E ACTOR_ENV_FILE]
    [--link ACTOR_ID|ALIAS]
    [--webhook URL]
    [--cron-schedule SCHEDULE]
    [--cron-on | --cron-off]
    [--force]
    ACTOR_ID

--repo <ACTOR_REPO>

Docker image repo for the Actor

-d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION

Plaintext description of the Actor

--hints <ACTOR_HINTS>

Comma-separated list of keyword hints

--privileged

Actor will have elevated privileges

--unprivileged

Actor will not have elevated privileges [default]

--tokens

Actor will request Tapis Oauth2 tokens [default]

--no-tokens

Actor will not request Tapis Oauth2 tokens

--actor-uid

Actor will run as container UID

--user-uid

Actor will run as the User UID [default]

-e KEY=VALUE, --env KEY=VALUE

Actor environment variables (can be specified multiple times)

-E <ACTOR_ENV_FILE>, --env-file <ACTOR_ENV_FILE>

Actor environment variables JSON file

--link ACTOR_ID|ALIAS

Actor ID or Alias event notifications

--webhook URL

URL for event notifications

--cron-schedule SCHEDULE

Cron schedule (yyyy-mm-dd hh + <int> <time unit>)

--cron-on

Actor cron is on

--cron-off

Actor cron is off

--force

Force Abaco to update Actor container image

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco update”

actors delete

Delete an Actor

tapis actors delete ACTOR_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco rm”

actors deploy

Deploy an Actor from a project directory

tapis actors deploy
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [--ini FILEPATH]
    [-I ACTOR_ID | --force-create]
    [-E ENVS_FILE]
    [-R]
    [--ignore-errors]
    [--no-build]
    [--no-pull]
    [--no-push]
    [--no-create]
    [--no-cache]
    [--no-grant]

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

--ini FILEPATH

.ini file (project.ini)

-I <ACTOR_ID>, --id <ACTOR_ID>

Actor identifier (overrides existing)

--force-create

Force creation of new Actor

-E <ENVS_FILE>, --env-file <ENVS_FILE>

Environment variables JSON file (secrets.json)

-R, --dry-run

Shortcut: Only build container

--ignore-errors

Ignore deployment errors and warnings

--no-build

Do not build container image

--no-pull

Do not pull source image when building

--no-push

Do not push built container image

--no-create

Do not create or update Tapis actor

--no-cache

Do not cache the Tapis actor identifer

--no-grant

Do not grant actor permissions

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco deploy”

Workers

View and manage an Actor’s workers, which control the extent to which the Actor can scale to accomodate additional concurrent messages.

actors workers create

Add Workers to the specified Actor

tapis actors workers create ACTOR_ID INT

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

INT

The number of workers to ensure are running; Note:Only Admins are authorized to update workers

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco workers”

actors workers delete

Delete a Worker

tapis actors workers delete ACTOR_ID WORKER_ID

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

WORKER_ID

Worker identifier

actors workers list

List Workers for an Actor

tapis actors workers list
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-Z NONCE]
    [--filter GLOB]
    ACTOR_ID

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

--filter GLOB

Filter by id

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

Replaces legacy CLI command “abaco workers”

actors workers show

Show details for a Worker

tapis actors workers show [-Z NONCE] ACTOR_ID WORKER_ID

-Z NONCE, --nonce NONCE

Tapis nonce

ACTOR_ID

Actor identifier

WORKER_ID

Worker identifier

Projects

Create and deploy new actors from a configuration-driven template.

apps init

Initialize a new Tapis App project from a template

tapis apps init
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-L]
    [-R]
    [-O DIRECTORY]
    [-N STRING]
    [--app-label STRING]
    [--app-description STRING]
    [--app-version N.N.N]
    [--repo URL]
    [--checkout COMMIT]
    [--template TEMPLATE]

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-L, --list-templates

List available templates and quit

-R, --dry-run

Show configuration and quit

-O DIRECTORY, --output-dir DIRECTORY

Output directory (default: .)

-N STRING, --app-name STRING

App name (default: new_app)

--app-label STRING

App human-readable label

--app-description STRING

One-sentence description

--app-version N.N.N

App semantic version

--repo URL

Templates repository (https://github.com/TACC-Cloud/cc-tapis-v2-app.git)

--checkout COMMIT

Branch/Tag/Commit (master)

--template TEMPLATE

Template ID (default)

Replaces legacy CLI command “apps-init”

apps deploy

Deploy an App from a project directory

tapis apps deploy
    [--sort-ascending | --sort-descending]
    [-W DIRECTORY]
    [-F FILEPATH]
    [--ini FILEPATH]
    [-R]
    [--ignore-errors]
    [--no-build]
    [--no-pull]
    [--no-push]
    [--backup]
    [--no-upload]
    [--no-create]
    [--no-grant]
    [--no-grant-roles]
    [--display]

--sort-ascending

sort the column(s) in ascending order

--sort-descending

sort the column(s) in descending order

-W DIRECTORY

Working directory

-F FILEPATH, --file FILEPATH

JSON payload file (app.json)

--ini FILEPATH

.ini file (project.ini)

-R, --dry-run

Shortcut: Only build container

--ignore-errors

Ignore deployment errors and warnings

--no-build

Do not build container image

--no-pull

Do not pull source image when building

--no-push

Do not push built container image

--backup

Back up deployment path if present

--no-upload

Do not upload app assets to Tapis storage

--no-create

Do not create a Tapis app record

--no-grant

Do not automatically do application permission grant(s)

--no-grant-roles

Do not automatically do system role grant(s)

--display

Display rendered app in deployment log

Replaces legacy CLI command “apps-deploy”