Installing SoftBench

Setting Up Network-Distributed Operation
Setting the Execution Host in a SoftBench Tool
Chapter 648
Setting the Execution Host in a SoftBench
Tool
SoftBench Builder and SoftBench Debugger allow you to specify an
Execution Host for subprocesses started by that tool. For example in
SoftBench Builder, you can specify that the build program (such as make)
be executed on another system by setting the compile host to that system
name. SoftBench Builder is run on the same system as SoftBench, but
make would run on the specified compile host.
Before you can set the execution host in a SoftBench tool, you need to set
up the following:
• SoftBench should be installed on both systems.
• Both systems need write access to a common directory for SoftBench
Subprocess Control (SPC) validation. The default location is /var/tmp
on the remote system. During authentication, the SPC process
creates a temporary file in that directory to verify the user's identity
on both systems.
Refer to “The SPC Authentication Directory” on page 50 for more
information about this directory.
• Data required by the tool must be mounted or automountable on both
systems. This may include:
— data directories to be accessed by SoftBench
— users’ home directories
— the SPC authentication directory
— system include directories
See “Using SoftBench with Remote Data” on page 47 for more
information.
• User and group ID numbers must match on all systems involved.
• Depending on the tool, special configuration may be required. See the
sections that follow for tool-specific requirements.
See “Customizing Subprocess Control” on page 50 for more information
on how SoftBench sets up a remote process.