Running the OpenQuake engine through the Command Line

An OpenQuake engine analysis can be launched from the command line of a terminal.

A schematic list of the options that can be used for the execution of the OpenQuake engine can be obtained with the following command:

user@ubuntu:~$ oq engine --help

The result is the following:

usage: oq engine [-h] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [--no-distribute] [-y]
                 [-c CONFIG_FILE] [--make-html-report YYYY-MM-DD|today] [-u]
                 [-d] [-w] [--run JOB_INI [JOB_INI ...]]
                 [--list-hazard-calculations] [--list-risk-calculations]
                 [--delete-calculation CALCULATION_ID]
                 [--delete-uncompleted-calculations]
                 [--hazard-calculation-id HAZARD_CALCULATION_ID]
                 [--list-outputs CALCULATION_ID] [--show-log CALCULATION_ID]
                 [--export-output OUTPUT_ID TARGET_DIR]
                 [--export-outputs CALCULATION_ID TARGET_DIR] [-e]
                 [-l {debug, info, warn, error, critical}] [-r]
                 [--param PARAM]

Run a calculation using the traditional command line API

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --log-file LOG_FILE, -L LOG_FILE
                        Location where to store log messages; if not
                        specified, log messages will be printed to the console
                        (to stderr)
  --no-distribute, --nd
                        Disable calculation task distribution and run the
                        computation in a single process. This is intended for
                        use in debugging and profiling.
  -y, --yes             Automatically answer "yes" when asked to confirm an
                        action
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
                        Custom openquake.cfg file, to override default
                        configurations
  --make-html-report YYYY-MM-DD|today, --r YYYY-MM-DD|today
                        Build an HTML report of the computation at the given
                        date
  -u, --upgrade-db      Upgrade the openquake database
  -d, --db-version      Show the current version of the openquake database
  -w, --what-if-I-upgrade
                        Show what will happen to the openquake database if you
                        upgrade
  --run JOB_INI [JOB_INI ...]
                        Run a job with the specified config file
  --list-hazard-calculations, --lhc
                        List hazard calculation information
  --list-risk-calculations, --lrc
                        List risk calculation information
  --delete-calculation CALCULATION_ID, --dc CALCULATION_ID
                        Delete a calculation and all associated outputs
  --delete-uncompleted-calculations, --duc
                        Delete all the uncompleted calculations
  --hazard-calculation-id HAZARD_CALCULATION_ID, --hc HAZARD_CALCULATION_ID
                        Use the given job as input for the next job
  --list-outputs CALCULATION_ID, --lo CALCULATION_ID
                        List outputs for the specified calculation
  --show-log CALCULATION_ID, --sl CALCULATION_ID
                        Show the log of the specified calculation
  --export-output OUTPUT_ID TARGET_DIR, --eo OUTPUT_ID TARGET_DIR
                        Export the desired output to the specified directory
  --export-outputs CALCULATION_ID TARGET_DIR, --eos CALCULATION_ID TARGET_DIR
                        Export all of the calculation outputs to the specified
                        directory
  -e, --exports         Comma-separated string specifing the export formats,
                        in order of priority
  -l, --log-level {debug, info, warn, error, critical}
                        Defaults to "info"
  -r, --reuse-input    Read the sources|exposures from the cache (if any)
  --param PARAM, -p PARAM
                        Override parameters specified with the syntax
                        NAME1=VALUE1,NAME2=VALUE2,...