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title: Set up a compute node
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# "Introduction":#introduction
# "Set up Docker":#docker
# "Update fuse.conf":#fuse
# "Update docker-cleaner.json":#docker-cleaner
# "Configure Linux cgroups accounting":#cgroups
# "Install Docker":#install_docker
# "Configure the Docker daemon":#configure_docker_daemon
# "Install'python-arvados-fuse and crunch-run and arvados-docker-cleaner":#install-packages

h2(#introduction). Introduction

This page describes how to configure a compute node so that it can be used to run containers dispatched by Arvados.

* If you are using the cloud dispatcher, apply these step and then save a compute node virtual machine image.  The virtual machine image id will go in @config.yml@.
* If you are using SLURM on a static custer, these steps must be duplicated on every compute node, preferrably using a devops tool such as Puppet.

h2(#docker). Set up Docker

See "Set up Docker":../install-docker.html

{% assign arvados_component = 'python-arvados-fuse crunch-run arvados-docker-cleaner' %}

{% include 'install_compute_fuse' %}

{% include 'install_docker_cleaner' %}

{% include 'install_packages' %}

{% assign arvados_component = 'arvados-docker-cleaner' %}

{% include 'start_service' %}