# through SLURM before shutting them down.
#dispatcher = slurm
-# Node Manager will ensure that there are at least this many nodes
-# running at all times.
+# Node Manager will ensure that there are at least this many nodes running at
+# all times. If node manager needs to start new idle nodes for the purpose of
+# satisfying min_nodes, it will use the cheapest node type. However, depending
+# on usage patterns, it may also satisfy min_nodes by keeping alive some
+# more-expensive nodes
min_nodes = 0
# Node Manager will not start any compute nodes when at least this
# many are running.
max_nodes = 8
+# Upper limit on rate of spending (in $/hr), will not boot additional nodes
+# if total price of already running nodes meets or exceeds this threshold.
+# default 0 means no limit.
+max_total_price = 0
+
# Poll Azure nodes and Arvados for new information every N seconds.
poll_time = 60
# The following directions are based on
# https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-authenticate-service-principal/
#
+# azure config mode arm
# azure ad app create --name "<Your Application Display Name>" --home-page "<https://YourApplicationHomePage>" --identifier-uris "<https://YouApplicationUri>" --password <Your_Password>
# azure ad sp create "<Application_Id>"
# azure role assignment create --objectId "<Object_Id>" -o Owner -c /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/
# the API server to ping
ping_host = hostname:port
-[Size Standard_D3]
-# You can define any number of Size sections to list Azure sizes you're
-# willing to use. The Node Manager should boot the cheapest size(s) that
-# can run jobs in the queue (N.B.: defining more than one size has not been
-# tested yet).
+# You can define any number of Size sections to list Azure sizes you're willing
+# to use. The Node Manager should boot the cheapest size(s) that can run jobs
+# in the queue. You must also provide price per hour as the Azure driver
+# compute currently does not report prices.
+#
+# See https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
+# for a list of known machine types that may be used as a Size parameter.
+#
# Each size section MUST define the number of cores are available in this
# size class (since libcloud does not provide any consistent API for exposing
# this setting).
# You may also want to define the amount of scratch space (expressed
# in GB) for Crunch jobs. You can also override Microsoft's provided
-# data fields by setting the same names here.
+# data fields by setting them here.
+
+[Size Standard_D3]
cores = 4
-scratch = 200
+price = 0.56
+
+[Size Standard_D4]
+cores = 8
+price = 1.12