quick-start.md

Quick Start

This guide gets you up and running with DDS in just a few steps. You'll deploy your first DDS agents and activate a sample topology.

Prerequisites

• DDS successfully installed (see Installation Guide)
• Terminal/shell access
• For this example: localhost access (no additional setup required)

Steps

1. Download DDS source tarball or clone from GitHub.

2. Install DDS from source.

3. Enable DDS environment.

   cd <DDS INSTALLATION location>
   source DDS_env.sh

4. Start DDS commander server.

   dds-session start

5. Deploy 1 DDS agent with 50 task slots on the localhost.

   dds-submit --rms localhost --slots 50

6. Use dds-info to find out the number of agents which are online.

   dds-info -n

7. Use dds-info to check detailed information about agents.

   dds-info -l 

8. Set and activate the topology.

   dds-topology --activate $DDS_LOCATION/tutorials/tutorial1/tutorial1_topo.xml

What's Next?

• Learn more with detailed tutorials
• Explore configuration options
• Set up resource management plugins for batch systems
• Read the complete usage guide