Hi PompousHawk82 ,
Did the clearml-iris.conf file got created?

yes

i was trying to copy the content of that file

but basically i create it by init and rename it

OK

Did you use it to run a task?

How exactly did you run the task?

before i renamed it, i can log the experiment successfully, i basically add task.init to the python script then just run that script

i’m not sure if i use the command correctly

when i run this one clearml-agent --config-file ~/clearml-iris.conf it output the help info

then i run the second one, it basically outputs the same as just init

But are you trying to run the task remotely using the agent?

not actually

i only want to use clearml agent to change the conf file

Oh, I see

What you're missing, is that the ClearML Agent --config-file switch only tells the ClearML Agent which config file to use, but it won't affect any task running locally with ClearML SDK (only tasks executed by the ClearML Agent with the --config-file switch)

To make ClearML SDK load an alternative config file, you need to set the environment variable CLEARML_CONFIG_FILE=<path-to-config-file>

oh i see, i’m trying it now

i just tried, but is still open result on public server.

i’m setting the environment variable in the python script like this
os.environ['CLEARML_CONFIG_FILE'] = str(Path.home()/f"clearml-{socket.getfqdn()}.conf")then task.init

It only works that we set the CLEARML_CONFIG_FILE before script running

i tried to add environment right before importing clearml, but it doesn’t work as expected
os.environ['CLEARML_CONFIG_FILE'] = str(Path.home()/f"clearml-{socket.getfqdn()}.conf") from clearml import Task Task.init(project_name="Alfred", task_name="finalized", auto_connect_frameworks={'pytorch': False})

Well, theoretically it should work if you set it before importing clearml, but it seems strange to do that in code - what's your use-case?