Startup

Launch arkouda server

Follow the Installation instructions to build the arkouda server program. In a terminal, launch it with

arkouda_server -nl <numLocales>

Choose a number of locales that is right for your system and data. The -h flag gives a detailed usage with additional command-line options added by Chapel.

The last line of output from the arkouda_server command should look like

server listening on tcp://node01:5555

Use this hostname and port in the next step to connect to the server.

Connect a Python 3 client

In Python 3, connect to the arkouda server using the hostname and port shown by the server program (example values shown here)

>>> import arkouda as ak
>>> ak.connect(connect_url='tcp://node01:5555')
...
connected to node01:5555

If the output does not say “connected”, then something went wrong (even if the command executes). Check that the hostname and port match what the server printed, and that the hostname is reachable from the machine on which the client is running (e.g. not “localhost” for a remote server)

arkouda.connect(server='localhost', port=5555, timeout=0, access_token=None, connect_url=None, access_channel=None)[source]

Connect to a running arkouda server.

Parameters:

  • server (str, optional) – The hostname of the server (must be visible to the current machine). Defaults to localhost.

  • port (int, optional) – The port of the server. Defaults to 5555.

  • timeout (int, optional) – The timeout in seconds for client send and receive operations. Defaults to 0 seconds, whicn is interpreted as no timeout.

  • access_token (str, optional) – The token used to connect to an existing socket to enable access to an Arkouda server where authentication is enabled. Defaults to None.

  • connect_url (str, optional) – The complete url in the format of tcp://server:port?token=<token_value> where the token is optional

  • access_channel (Channel, optional) – The desired Channel implementation that differs from the default ZmqChannel

Return type:

None

Raises:

  • ConnectionError – Raised if there’s an error in connecting to the Arkouda server

  • ValueError – Raised if there’s an error in parsing the connect_url parameter

  • RuntimeError – Raised if there is a server-side error

Notes

On success, prints the connected address, as seen by the server. If called with an existing connection, the socket will be re-initialized.