diff --git a/doc/source/admin/cluster.md b/doc/source/admin/cluster.md index 6332005ba79..3ff9eaff053 100644 --- a/doc/source/admin/cluster.md +++ b/doc/source/admin/cluster.md @@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ It is also a good idea to make sure that only trusted users, e.g. root, have wri Some maintenance and support of this code will be provided via the usual [Support](https://galaxyproject.org/support/) channels, but improvements and fixes would be greatly welcomed, as this is a complex feature which is not used by the Galaxy Development Team. -## Special environment variables for parallel jobs +## Special environment variables for job resources -Galaxy *tries* to define special enironment variables for each job that contain +Galaxy *tries* to define special environment variables for each job that contain the information on the number of available slots and the amount of available memory: @@ -371,14 +371,13 @@ tries to determine these values. This bash code is defined here: * lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/util/job_script/CLUSTER_SLOTS_STATEMENT.sh * lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/util/job_script/MEMORY_STATEMENT.sh -If this code is unable to determine the variables then they will not be set. -Therefore in the tool xml files the variables should be used with a default, -e.g. `\${GALAXY_SLOTS:-DEFAULT}` (see also https://planemo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writing_advanced.html#cluster-usage). +If this code is unable to determine the variables, then they will not be set. +Therefore in the tool XML files the variables should be used with a default, +e.g. `\${GALAXY_SLOTS:-1}` (see also https://planemo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writing_advanced.html#cluster-usage). In particular `GALAXY_MEMORY_MB` and `GALAXY_MEMORY_MB_PER_SLOT` are currently defined only for a few cluster types. Contributions are very welcome, e.g. let -the Galaxy development mailing list know how to modify that file to support -it. +the Galaxy developers know how to modify that file to support your cluster. ## Contributors