Fix P\pipelines ran via clearml-task do not appear in the UI

clearml/automation/controller.py

@@ -1589,6 +1589,8 @@ class PipelineController(object):
         force_single_script_file: bool = False,
         version: Optional[str] = None,
         add_run_number: bool = True,
+        binary: Optional[str] = None,
+        module: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> "PipelineController":
         """
         Manually create and populate a new Pipeline in the system.
@@ -1620,6 +1622,10 @@ class PipelineController(object):
         :param argparse_args: Arguments to pass to the remote execution, list of string pairs (argument, value)
             Notice, only supported if the codebase itself uses argparse.ArgumentParser
         :param force_single_script_file: If True, do not auto-detect local repository
+        :param binary: Binary used to launch the pipeline
+        :param module: If specified instead of executing `script`, a module named `module` is executed.
+            Implies script is empty. Module can contain multiple argument for execution,
+            for example: module="my.module arg1 arg2"
 
         :return: The newly created PipelineController
         """
@@ -1641,6 +1647,8 @@ class PipelineController(object):
             argparse_args=argparse_args,
             add_task_init_call=False,
             force_single_script_file=force_single_script_file,
+            binary=binary,
+            module=module
         )
         cls._create_pipeline_projects(
             task=pipeline_controller,

clearml/cli/task/__main__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from pathlib2 import Path
 
 import clearml.backend_api.session
-from clearml import Task
+from clearml import Task, PipelineController
 from clearml.backend_interface.task.populate import CreateAndPopulate
 from clearml.version import __version__
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def setup_parser(parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
         default=None,
         help="Set the Task type, optional values: "
         "training, testing, inference, data_processing, application, monitor, "
-        "controller, optimizer, service, qc, custom",
+        "optimizer, service, qc, custom. Will be ignored if '--pipeline' is used.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--skip-task-init",
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ def setup_parser(parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
         default=None,
         help="Specify the path to the offline session you want to import.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pipeline",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="If specified, indicate that the created object is a pipeline instead of a regular task",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pipeline-version",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="Specify the pipeline version. Will be ignored if '--pipeline' is not specified",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pipeline-dont-add-run-number",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="If specified, don't add the run number to the pipeline. Will be ignored if '--pipeline' is not specified",
+    )
 
 
 def cli() -> None:
@@ -217,7 +233,28 @@ def cli() -> None:
     else:
         if args.script and args.script.endswith(".sh") and not args.binary:
             print("Detected shell script. Binary will be set to '/bin/bash'")
-        create_populate = CreateAndPopulate(
+        if args.pipeline:
+            pipeline = PipelineController.create(
+                project_name=args.project,
+                task_name=args.name,
+                repo=args.repo or args.folder,
+                branch=args.branch,
+                commit=args.commit,
+                script=args.script,
+                module=args.module,
+                working_directory=args.cwd,
+                packages=args.packages,
+                requirements_file=args.requirements,
+                docker=args.docker,
+                docker_args=args.docker_args,
+                docker_bash_setup_script=bash_setup_script,
+                version=args.pipeline_version,
+                add_run_number=False if args.pipeline_dont_add_run_number else True,
+                binary=args.binary
+            )
+            created_task = pipeline._task
+        else:
+            created_task = CreateAndPopulate(
                 project_name=args.project,
                 task_name=args.name,
                 task_type=args.task_type,
@@ -237,29 +274,33 @@ def cli() -> None:
                 add_task_init_call=not args.skip_task_init,
                 raise_on_missing_entries=True,
                 verbose=True,
-            binary=args.binary,
+                binary=args.binary
             )
             # verify args before creating the Task
-        create_populate.update_task_args(args.args)
+            created_task.update_task_args(args.args)
             print("Creating new task")
-        create_populate.create_task()
+            created_task.create_task()
         # update Task args
-        create_populate.update_task_args(args.args)
+        created_task.update_task_args(args.args)
         # set tags
         if args.tags:
-            create_populate.task.add_tags(args.tags)
+            created_task.task.add_tags(args.tags)
 
         # noinspection PyProtectedMember
-        create_populate.task._set_runtime_properties({"_CLEARML_TASK": True})
+        created_task.task._set_runtime_properties({"_CLEARML_TASK": True})
 
-        print("New task created id={}".format(create_populate.get_id()))
+        print("New {} created id={}".format("pipeline" if args.pipeline else "task", created_task.get_id()))
         if not args.queue:
-            print("Warning: No queue was provided, leaving task in draft-mode.")
+            print("Warning: No queue was provided, leaving {} in draft-mode.", "pipeline" if args.pipeline else "task")
             exit(0)
 
-        Task.enqueue(create_populate.task, queue_name=args.queue)
-        print("Task id={} sent for execution on queue {}".format(create_populate.get_id(), args.queue))
-        print("Execution log at: {}".format(create_populate.task.get_output_log_web_page()))
+        Task.enqueue(created_task.task, queue_name=args.queue)
+        print(
+            "{} id={} sent for execution on queue {}".format(
+                "Pipeline" if args.pipeline else "task", created_task.get_id(), args.queue
+            )
+        )
+        print("Execution log at: {}".format(created_task.task.get_output_log_web_page()))
 
 
 def main() -> None:

clearml/task.py

@@ -1212,6 +1212,8 @@ class Task(_Task):
         base_task_id: Optional[str] = None,
         add_task_init_call: bool = True,
         force_single_script_file: bool = False,
+        binary: Optional[str] = None,
+        module: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> TaskInstance:
         """
         Manually create and populate a new Task (experiment) in the system.
@@ -1254,6 +1256,10 @@ class Task(_Task):
             Essentially clones an existing task and overrides arguments/requirements.
         :param add_task_init_call: If True, a 'Task.init()' call is added to the script entry point in remote execution.
         :param force_single_script_file: If True, do not auto-detect local repository
+        :param binary: Binary used to launch the entry point
+        :param module: If specified instead of executing `script`, a module named `module` is executed.
+            Implies script is empty. Module can contain multiple argument for execution,
+            for example: module="my.module arg1 arg2"
 
         :return: The newly created Task (experiment)
         :rtype: Task
@@ -1287,6 +1293,8 @@ class Task(_Task):
             add_task_init_call=add_task_init_call,
             force_single_script_file=force_single_script_file,
             raise_on_missing_entries=False,
+            module=module,
+            binary=binary
         )
         task = manual_populate.create_task()
         if task and argparse_args: