Interesting, is that config variable in the "core" section? And environment variable config is still a thing in 1.7.1.2, if you're interested.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:08 PM Laura Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote: > Possibly useful to you is the variable dags_are_paused_at_creation = True > you > can set in airflow.cfg or in environment variables to cause the metadata > database to consider all DAGs paused when they are first started up. > > I do think I saw something fly by on this dev list that environment > variables for config got written out in the newest version. Not sure if > it's true as I haven't tried to upgrade from 1.7.0 yet... partially for > fear of tearing out our dependence on being able to control other airflow > config with environment variables :) > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Tyrone Hinderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hey there Chris, > > > > I agree that's a solid use case--mine is more development-oriented. > Rather > > than have all DAGs attempt to run upon scheduler start, a developer > > probably just wants to observe how one DAG behaves. To that end, a > > scheduler startup script can simply pause all DAGs before starting the > dev > > instance of the scheduler; then the developer can selectively unpause > that > > DAG via the UI or CLI (assuming those two controls are related). > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 4:06 PM Chris Riccomini <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey Tyrone, > > > > > > This would be a useful feature for us as well. Right now, we just turn > > the > > > scheduler off, which is kind of annoying. > > > > > > Use case is when things go really haywire (e.g. 100s of failures per > > > minute), we just want everything to stop. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Chris > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Tyrone Hinderson < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, is there a way to "pause" all DAGs via the cli or otherwise? > > > > > > > > In the same vein, does "airflow pause" flip the same state which is > > > flipped > > > > by the on/off button next to each DAG in the UI? > > > > > > > > > >
