optimaster

The optimaster application represents the server layer of the framework. It acts as a distribution center for optimization process. You can specify some options for the optimaster using a configuration file in /etc/optimaster.conf. An example configuration file is present in /usr/share/optimaster/optimaster.conf.ex. The available configuration settings are listed in table 3.1.

Table 3.1: optimaster Configuration

Name	Description
discovery namespace	the discovery namespace identifies to which discovery namespace the optimaster belongs. You can use this namespace to separate different optimaster and optiworker processes. By default, the optimaster will set the namespace to the user name of the current user.
discovery address	the address (IP:port) on which to broadcast and listen for discovery messages (usually a multicast address).
listen address	the address (IP:port) on which to listen for incoming optimizer connections.