Script FAHClient on macOS

[earthsaver]

I was previously using lufah to script FAHClient to pause or resume folding around processor intensive operations like backups. It looks like a recent release deprecated this functionality and I see mention of a built-in fahctl command instead. However, I haven't been able to get this to work on my Mac.

Is there some additional setup I need to do for this level of shell scripting? If I run the command <fahctl pause>, I get this error:

Connection to remote host was lost.: ws://127.0.0.1:7396/api/websocket

[calxalot]

The only thing deliberately removed from lufah was support for resource groups with fah 8.1.

If you’re running a bleeding edge build of fah, you temporarily need to remove fah-web-control if present. Or whatever is pointed to by option web-root.

[calxalot]

fahctl only requires python 3.6+ and module websocket-client

[earthsaver]

The only thing deliberately removed from lufah was support for resource groups with fah 8.1.

If you’re running a bleeding edge build of fah, you temporarily need to remove fah-web-control if present. Or whatever is pointed to by option web-root.

I allow fah to update itself in the background. That's how I'm running 8.4.9. Are you saying that lufah should still work as is? How do I find out what is pointed to by option web-root? How do I temporarily remove fah-web-control?

Ultimately, I want both script control with something like lufah and web control. Can I do both?

[calxalot]

I’m saying to remove or rename directory fah-web-control in the data directory, if it exists. It would only exist if you put it there.

[calxalot]

Upgrade lufah to 0.11.0
You can use both lufah and web control. You just temporarily cannot use a local web control served by the client, which has a built in web server.

[earthsaver]

I upgraded lufah. Where is the data directory from which I need to remove web control? Also, lufah doesn't seem connected to my client. I'm having trouble resolving this and/or can't find the command that will do it. Reviewed the github page as well as the help within Terminal.

[calxalot]

On Mac, the data directory is
/Library/Application Support/FAHClient

[earthsaver]

That's what I thought. I don't have anything related to web control there.

[calxalot]

Please post output of command

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lufah -dv groups

[earthsaver]

ERROR:lufah.util:Unable to resolve 'groups' or 'groups.local'
DEBUG:lufah.fahclient:Created FahClient("groups")
ERROR:lufah.fahclient:groups:connect(): uri is None
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Project CPUs GPUs Status Progress PPD ETA
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groups NOT CONNECTED

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I get respectively the same output with other lufah commands, too.

[calxalot]

You are not running the latest lufah.
Several versions ago the peer argument was changed to an address option.

[calxalot]

If you installed via pipx, use
pipx upgrade lufah

[calxalot]

If via pip, use
pip install -U lufah

[earthsaver]

What's the proper method to update lufah? I just uninstalled and reinstalled it and get these confirmations:

Note: lufah was already on your PATH at /usr/local/bin/lufah
installed package lufah 0.11.0, installed using Python 3.9.6
These apps are now globally available
- lufah
Note: '/Users/earthsaver/.local/bin' is not on your PATH environment
variable. These apps will not be globally accessible until your PATH is
updated. Run `pipx ensurepath` to automatically add it, or manually modify
your PATH in your shell's config file (e.g. ~/.bashrc).

I used homebrew to install pipx and then ran ensurepath. Still, I get the same result from lufah -dv groups, as other lufah commands.