Seamless computing with WebSubmit

Abstract

WebSubmit is a Web-browser based interface to heterogeneous collections of remote high-performance computing resources. It makes these resources easier to use by replacing a constantly changing range of unfamiliar , command-driven queuing systems and application environments with a single, seamless user interface. WebSubmit lets users run in their regular accounts on the remote system. Strong authentication using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol allows registered users connect to the Web-Submit authority. When validated by the authority they gain access to a group of application modules. Each application module is presented as an HTML form; this form is lled out and submitted to the server, which then processes the request and executes the desired tasks on the speciied remote system using the Secure Shell protocol. The system is exible and extensible, and its modularity promotes ease of use, maintainability, and interface development.