[question] How to set a timeout value for a batch job?

[lolieatcat]

How to set a timeout value for a batch job?

I want to limit the job max run time , how can I set the batch job's timeout value?

[shantanugadgil]

For now, there is no way to do that directly in Nomad.

What the folks usually recommend is using timeout and minor scripting to achieve the same.

HTH,
Shantanu

[lolieatcat]

@shantanugadgil How to use a timeout minor scripting? For example? Thank you!

[preetapan]

@molin0000 We currently don't have support for killing batch jobs based on a timeout, like @shantanugadgil mentions.

To do this yourself you have two options:

• Have the batch job stop and exit itself based on a timer
• Monitor the batch job using nomad's allocation api and if it has been running longer than your timeout period, stop it using the API again

[dadgar]

Closed in favor of #1782

[onlyjob]

Coreutils' timeout(1) command could be handy.

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