Regarding MATLAB Production Server dashboard

I check the link https://in.mathworks.com/help/mps/server/setup-and-log-in-to-matlab-production-server-dashboard.html. I installed Matlab R2018a. but i am unable to set up matlab-production-server-dashboard. as i not contain mps-dashboard setup. Kindly provide the steps how i setup MATLAB Production Server dashboard.

Answer 1

[Kojiro Saito]

I assume you machine is Windows. To setup MATLAB Production Server Dashboard, please read the following steps.

1. Install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages

Download Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from this link . Choose "vcredist_x64.exe".

2. Setup MATLAB Production Server Dashboard

Open Command Prompt and cd to $MPS_INSTALL\dashboard where $MPS_INSTALL is installation folder of MATLAB Production Server, for example, "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Production Server\R2018a".

cd C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Production Server\R2018a\dashboard
mps-dashboard.bat setup

Then, specify any folder (for example, C:\Work\MPS_Dashboard_Work) for Dashboard work folder.

3. (Optional) Configure Dashboard settings

If you want to change default port numbers for dashboard and database, Edit $MPS_INSTALL\dashboard\config\config.txt.

4. Start Dashboard

Open Command Prompt and cd to $MPS_INSTALL\dashboard, then do

 mps-dashboard.bat start

5. Access to Dashboard

Open web browser and access to http://localhost:9910 (by default port number) Login page will appear. Default account is User: admin and Password: admin

6. Creating MPS instance using Dashboard

After log in to Dashboard, click "Create New" for creating new MPS instance. Input Name and Description(Optional), click "Create".

After creating a instance, click a hyperlink of the instance, then go to "Application" tab. Click "Upload and Deploy New Archive" from triangle-bottom, and upload your .ctf file (which you've compiled from Production Server Compiler).

Next, go to "Settings" tab. Change MPS instance configurations as you like. For example,

Core -> MATLAB Runtime path

HTTP -> HTTP/HTTPS port number and edit CORS Allowed Origins

Worker -> Maximum Workers

License -> License server info

and click "Save" in the bottom and click green triangle in the top. MPS instance will be started.

Hope this would help you.

[varinder kaur]

Thanks for detailed steps. but after installing R2018a setup, MATLAB Production Server folder not found in C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Production Server. from where can i download matlab production server free.

[Kojiro Saito]

You can ask for a trial license of MATLAB Production Server from this trial license request page.

[varinder kaur]

Thanks for quick reply. Is matlab production server not available in academic license? I am using academic license/

[Kojiro Saito]

No, MATLAB Production Server is also available for Academic License.You can ask a request for a trial license from here and price information from here.

[varinder kaur]

Thank you very much sir

[Ziang]

Hello, I also have this problem, I follow the steps you said, run under cmd, directly got an error, the error is that the application cannot start normally (0xc0150002), I also installed Visual C++ Redistributable Packages, but still can not be solved, adding $MPS_ROOTbinwin64 to the path can not be solved, I also get an error clicking Run Postgresql, I would like to ask how to fix it

[Kojiro Saito]

@Ziang

Which version you're using and what error messages of PostgreSQL you got?

[Ziang]

I run mps-dashboard.bat setup error under cmd is Command failed: "E:Program FilesMATLABsyspostgresqlwin64PostgreSQLbinpg_ctl" -w -D "C:MPSdata" init I start pg_ ct1.exe error is that the application failed to start normally (0xc0150002)

[Kojiro Saito]

Could you tell us the version?

[Ziang]

My matlab version is R2022a, postgresql version cannot be found at the moment.

[Ziang]

the version of postgresql is 10.17

[Kojiro Saito]

I cannot reproduce your issue and "mps-dashboard setup" works well in R2022a.

I wonder why the command "E:Program FilesMATLABsyspostgresqlwin64PostgreSQLbinpg_ctl" does not include any folder separation (\).

[Ziang]

Now I run mps-dashboard.bat the error with setup is

EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rmdir 'C:\MPS\data'

############ server error begin ############

server error : Command failed: "E:\Program Files\MATLAB\sys\postgresql\win64\PostgreSQL\bin\createuser" -s admin

createuser: could not connect to database template1: received invalid response to SSL negotiation: H

I hope you can help me with that

[Kojiro Saito]

Possibly, the default TCP port 9080 for PostreSQL was used in another process.

Launch Command Prompt as Admin, and check the following.

netstat | findstr "9080"

You can change the port number by editing

<MATLAB Production Server Install>\dashboard\config\config.txt

For example, from

--databasePort 9080

to

--databasePort 9070

[marvellous]

Hi, sorry to trouble you. I did all things you said above but also met with the problem. I can not set up the MATLAB Production Server dashboard under CMD, my MATLAB version is R2018a. Here attached is the error code, could you please help me? What should I do?

[Kojiro Saito]

@marvellous

Cold you try the answer in Why does the MATLAB Production Server Dashboard installation process output a 'Command failed... pg_ctl' error message on a Windows machine?

[marvellous]

Thank you for your reply. I 've tried the answer in " Why does the MATLAB Production Server Dashboard installation process output a 'Command failed... pg_ctl' error message on a Windows machine?". I installed Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013, added $MPS_ROOT\bin\win64 to my system path. However, the error code has changed as the figure shows. What can I do to fix it?

[Kojiro Saito]

@marvellous

It seems that database folder was created in "D:\MATLAB\MATLAB\data" before and there was admin user in it.

You need to delete "D:\MATLAB\MATLAB\data" folder first.

And the folder is different frrom the one spcified in mps-dashboard.bat setup. You need to add double quoatation (" ") to prevent space parsing.

mps-dashboard.bat setup -C "D:\MATLAB\MATLAB Production Server\dashboard"

[marvellous]

I did as you said, but the problem remains. What can I do to handle with the "admin" problem?

[Kojiro Saito]

@marvellous

I didn' notice that you're specifying install folder with "-C" option.

How about changing the folder to somewhere else which you have write permissions.

mps-dashboard.bat setup -C "D:\dashboard"

[marvellous]

Yes, I have created a new folder named "dashboard" under "D:" as you said. However, I found a blue square before its Read-only attribute as the figure shows. I don't know why and how to cancel it, I also have no idea if this matters. I ran the command under CMD and the problem remained.

[Kojiro Saito]

@marvellous

It looks weird. How about changing the database user name from admin to others.

There is a config file named config.txt in<MATLAB Production Server Install>\dashboard\config\config.txt.

You can edit

--databaseUser admin

to

--databaseUser hoge

Then, could you run mps-dashboard.setup again?

[marvellous]

Thank you very much!!!!! The dashboard finally works! Could you please tell me why this time the solution worked? I just can not figure it out by myself. What actually happened to my MATLAB?

[Kojiro Saito]

@marvellous

I'm not sure the reason, but it seems that admin user already exists in PostgreSQL (port 9080). I suspect port 9080 was in use and admin user was added before mps-dashboard setup.

[marvellous]

Oh, I see. Thank you for your time, your help is greatly appreciated.