What is Job Manager Security and how do I implement it in my MATLAB Parallel Server configuration?

Looking in the documentation for the MATLAB Parallel Server I see there is an option to set MATLAB Job Scheduler Security. What is Job Manager Security and how do I use it?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

MATLAB Job Scheduler has multiple options to restrict who has access to job data, what user account is used to execute tasks, which users are allowed to submit jobs, and how/when authentication happens. For more information about MATLAB Job Scheduler Security settings see the documentation here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab-parallel-server/set-matlab-job-scheduler-cluster-security.html

From R2023a onwards you may also wish to utilize the MATLAB Job Scheduler's integration with LDAP Authentication:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab-parallel-server/configure-ldap-server-authentication-for-matlab-job-scheduler.html

NOTE: The MATLAB Job Scheduler security settings only apply if if you are using the MATLAB Job Scheduler provided with MATLAB Parallel Server. For third party schedulers please see your own scheduler's documentation for how to best apply their security and user management features.

NOTE: Starting in R2019a the following name changes occurred:

•     MATLAB Distributed Computing Server was renamed to MATLAB Parallel Server
•     mdce_def was renamed to mjs_def
•     mdce binary was renamed to mjs