Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here answers to common scenarios and problems can be found.

How to manage the SDP deployment on a standard platform?

For installing the SDP, look at Installing the SDP or Installing the SDP in a remote cluster.

How to interrogate the logs for SDP when its being used?

You can find the logs in either Kibana or Grafana. More information on these can be found at Monitoring SDP Namespace. You can also monitor the logs via K9s. More information on how to use K9s can be found at this website.

How to interrogate the status of SDP?

How to query the Tango attributes can be found in this documentation.

What pipelines can be run?

Information on what pipelines can be run are found at Connecting to the configuration database.

How to find out what configuration options (processing block parameters) are available for the a given pipeline?

Information on the configuration options can be found in the Scripts documentation.

How do a start, or abort/cancel a pipeline?

Information on subarray commands can be found here.

How do I know when a pipeline is complete and how do I get the data product from it?

When a scan is complete or has been ended, the data product can be retrieved from either the Data Product Dashboard or directly from a pod within the SDP installation. More details on this can be found at Find and download the output data.