Support experiment view (#1524)

docs/en_US/Tutorial/Nnictl.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ nnictl support commands:
 
 * [nnictl create](#create)
 * [nnictl resume](#resume)
+* [nnictl view](#view)
 * [nnictl stop](#stop)
 * [nnictl update](#update)
 * [nnictl trial](#trial)
@@ -104,6 +105,35 @@ Debug mode will disable version check function in Trialkeeper.
   nnictl resume [experiment_id] --port 8088
   ```
 
+<a name="view"></a>
+
+![](https://placehold.it/15/1589F0/000000?text=+) `nnictl view`
+
+* Description
+
+  You can use this command to view a stopped experiment.
+
+* Usage
+
+  ```bash
+  nnictl view [OPTIONS]
+  ```
+
+* Options
+
+  |Name, shorthand|Required|Default|Description|
+  |------|------|------ |------|
+  |id|  True| |The id of the experiment you want to view|
+  |--port, -p|  False| |Rest port of the experiment you want to view|
+
+* Example
+
+  > view an experiment with specified port 8088
+
+  ```bash
+  nnictl view [experiment_id] --port 8088
+  ```
+
 <a name="stop"></a>
 ![](https://placehold.it/15/1589F0/000000?text=+) `nnictl stop`
 

src/nni_manager/common/experimentStartupInfo.ts

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ class ExperimentStartupInfo {
     private initTrialSequenceID: number = 0;
     private logDir: string = '';
     private logLevel: string = '';
+    private readonly: boolean = false;
 
-    public setStartupInfo(newExperiment: boolean, experimentId: string, basePort: number, logDir?: string, logLevel?: string): void {
+    public setStartupInfo(newExperiment: boolean, experimentId: string, basePort: number, logDir?: string, logLevel?: string, readonly?: boolean): void {
         assert(!this.initialized);
         assert(experimentId.trim().length > 0);
-
         this.newExperiment = newExperiment;
         this.experimentId = experimentId;
         this.basePort = basePort;
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class ExperimentStartupInfo {
         if (logLevel !== undefined && logLevel.length > 1) {
             this.logLevel = logLevel;
         }
+
+        if (readonly !== undefined) {
+            this.readonly = readonly;
+        }
     }
 
     public getExperimentId(): string {
@@ -84,6 +88,12 @@ class ExperimentStartupInfo {
         return this.logLevel;
     }
 
+    public isReadonly(): boolean {
+        assert(this.initialized);
+
+        return this.readonly;
+    }
+
     public setInitTrialSequenceId(initSequenceId: number): void {
         assert(this.initialized);
         this.initTrialSequenceID = initSequenceId;
@@ -121,10 +131,14 @@ function getExperimentStartupInfo(): ExperimentStartupInfo {
 }
 
 function setExperimentStartupInfo(
-    newExperiment: boolean, experimentId: string, basePort: number, logDir?: string, logLevel?: string): void {
+    newExperiment: boolean, experimentId: string, basePort: number, logDir?: string, logLevel?: string, readonly?: boolean): void {
     component.get<ExperimentStartupInfo>(ExperimentStartupInfo)
-    .setStartupInfo(newExperiment, experimentId, basePort, logDir, logLevel);
+    .setStartupInfo(newExperiment, experimentId, basePort, logDir, logLevel, readonly);
+}
+
+function isReadonly(): boolean {
+    return component.get<ExperimentStartupInfo>(ExperimentStartupInfo).isReadonly();
 }
 
 export { ExperimentStartupInfo, getBasePort, getExperimentId, isNewExperiment, getExperimentStartupInfo,
-    setExperimentStartupInfo, setInitTrialSequenceId, getInitTrialSequenceId };
+    setExperimentStartupInfo, setInitTrialSequenceId, getInitTrialSequenceId, isReadonly };

src/nni_manager/common/log.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { Writable } from 'stream';
 import { WritableStreamBuffer } from 'stream-buffers';
 import { format } from 'util';
 import * as component from '../common/component';
-import { getExperimentStartupInfo } from './experimentStartupInfo';
+import { getExperimentStartupInfo, isReadonly } from './experimentStartupInfo';
 import { getLogDir } from './utils';
 
 const FATAL: number = 1;
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Logger {
     private level: number = INFO;
     private bufferSerialEmitter: BufferSerialEmitter;
     private writable: Writable;
+    private readonly: boolean = false;
 
     constructor(fileName?: string) {
         let logFile: string | undefined = fileName;
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ class Logger {
         if (logLevel !== undefined) {
             this.level = logLevel;
         }
+
+        this.readonly = isReadonly();
     }
 
     public close() {
@@ -135,7 +138,13 @@ class Logger {
         this.log('FATAL', param);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * if the experiment is not in readonly mode, write log content to stream
+     * @param level log level
+     * @param param the params to be written
+     */
     private log(level: string, param: any[]): void {
+        if (!this.readonly) {
             const buffer: WritableStreamBuffer = new WritableStreamBuffer();
             buffer.write(`[${(new Date()).toLocaleString()}] ${level} `);
             buffer.write(format(param));
@@ -143,6 +152,7 @@ class Logger {
             buffer.end();
             this.bufferSerialEmitter.feed(buffer.getContents());
         }
+    }
 }
 
 function getLogger(fileName?: string): Logger {

src/nni_manager/common/manager.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import { TrialJobStatus } from './trainingService';
 
 type ProfileUpdateType = 'TRIAL_CONCURRENCY' | 'MAX_EXEC_DURATION' | 'SEARCH_SPACE' | 'MAX_TRIAL_NUM';
 type ExperimentStatus = 'INITIALIZED' | 'RUNNING' | 'ERROR' | 'STOPPING' | 'STOPPED' | 'DONE' | 'NO_MORE_TRIAL' | 'TUNER_NO_MORE_TRIAL';
+namespace ExperimentStartUpMode {
+    export const NEW = 'new';
+    export const RESUME = 'resume';
+}
 
 interface ExperimentParams {
     authorName: string;
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ interface NNIManagerStatus {
 
 abstract class Manager {
     public abstract startExperiment(experimentParams: ExperimentParams): Promise<string>;
-    public abstract resumeExperiment(): Promise<void>;
+    public abstract resumeExperiment(readonly: boolean): Promise<void>;
     public abstract stopExperiment(): Promise<void>;
     public abstract getExperimentProfile(): Promise<ExperimentProfile>;
     public abstract updateExperimentProfile(experimentProfile: ExperimentProfile, updateType: ProfileUpdateType): Promise<void>;
@@ -115,4 +119,4 @@ abstract class Manager {
     public abstract getStatus(): NNIManagerStatus;
 }
 
-export { Manager, ExperimentParams, ExperimentProfile, TrialJobStatistics, ProfileUpdateType, NNIManagerStatus, ExperimentStatus };
+export { Manager, ExperimentParams, ExperimentProfile, TrialJobStatistics, ProfileUpdateType, NNIManagerStatus, ExperimentStatus, ExperimentStartUpMode };

src/nni_manager/core/nnimanager.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     private waitingTrials: string[];
     private trialJobs: Map<string, TrialJobDetail>;
     private trialDataForTuner: string;
+    private readonly: boolean;
 
     private trialJobMetricListener: (metric: TrialJobMetric) => void;
     
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
         this.waitingTrials = [];
         this.trialJobs = new Map<string, TrialJobDetail>();
         this.trialDataForTuner = '';
+        this.readonly = false;
 
         this.log = getLogger();
         this.dataStore = component.get(DataStore);
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     }
 
     public updateExperimentProfile(experimentProfile: ExperimentProfile, updateType: ProfileUpdateType): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.readonly) {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('Error: can not update experiment profile in readonly mode!'));
+        }
         switch (updateType) {
             case 'TRIAL_CONCURRENCY':
                 this.updateTrialConcurrency(experimentProfile.params.trialConcurrency);
@@ -109,6 +114,9 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     }
 
     public importData(data: string): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.readonly) {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('Error: can not import data in readonly mode!'));
+        }
         if (this.dispatcher === undefined) {
             return Promise.reject(
                 new Error('tuner has not been setup')
@@ -124,6 +132,9 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     }
 
     public addCustomizedTrialJob(hyperParams: string): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.readonly) {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('Error: can not add customized trial job in readonly mode!'));
+        }
         if (this.currSubmittedTrialNum >= this.experimentProfile.params.maxTrialNum) {
             return Promise.reject(
                 new Error('reach maxTrialNum')
@@ -136,6 +147,9 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     }
 
     public async cancelTrialJobByUser(trialJobId: string): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.readonly) {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('Error: can not cancel trial job in readonly mode!'));
+        }
         this.log.info(`User cancelTrialJob: ${trialJobId}`);
         await this.trainingService.cancelTrialJob(trialJobId);
         await this.dataStore.storeTrialJobEvent('USER_TO_CANCEL', trialJobId, '');
@@ -180,13 +194,16 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
         return this.experimentProfile.id;
     }
 
-    public async resumeExperiment(): Promise<void> {
+    public async resumeExperiment(readonly: boolean): Promise<void> {
         this.log.info(`Resuming experiment: ${this.experimentProfile.id}`);
         //Fetch back the experiment profile
         const experimentId: string = getExperimentId();
         this.experimentProfile = await this.dataStore.getExperimentProfile(experimentId);
+        this.readonly = readonly;
+        if (readonly) {
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
         const expParams: ExperimentParams = this.experimentProfile.params;
-
         setInitTrialSequenceId(this.experimentProfile.maxSequenceId + 1);
 
         // Set up multiphase config
@@ -196,7 +213,7 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
 
         // Set up versionCheck config
         if (expParams.versionCheck !== undefined) {
-            this.trainingService.setClusterMetadata('versionCheck', expParams.versionCheck.toString());
+            this.trainingService.setClusterMetadata('version_check', expParams.versionCheck.toString());
         }
 
         const dispatcherCommand: string = getMsgDispatcherCommand(expParams.tuner, expParams.assessor, expParams.advisor,
@@ -247,6 +264,9 @@ class NNIManager implements Manager {
     }
 
     public async setClusterMetadata(key: string, value: string): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.readonly) {
+            return Promise.reject(new Error('Error: can not set cluster metadata in readonly mode!'));
+        }
         this.log.info(`NNIManager setClusterMetadata, key: ${key}, value: ${value}`);
         let timeoutId: NodeJS.Timer;
         // TO DO: move timeout value to constants file

src/nni_manager/main.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import * as component from './common/component';
 import { Database, DataStore } from './common/datastore';
 import { setExperimentStartupInfo } from './common/experimentStartupInfo';
 import { getLogger, Logger, logLevelNameMap } from './common/log';
-import { Manager } from './common/manager';
+import { Manager, ExperimentStartUpMode } from './common/manager';
 import { TrainingService } from './common/trainingService';
 import { getLogDir, mkDirP, parseArg, uniqueString } from './common/utils';
 import { NNIDataStore } from './core/nniDataStore';
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ import {
 
 function initStartupInfo(
     startExpMode: string, resumeExperimentId: string, basePort: number,
-    logDirectory: string, experimentLogLevel: string): void {
-    const createNew: boolean = (startExpMode === 'new');
+    logDirectory: string, experimentLogLevel: string, readonly: boolean): void {
+    const createNew: boolean = (startExpMode === ExperimentStartUpMode.NEW);
     const expId: string = createNew ? uniqueString(8) : resumeExperimentId;
-    setExperimentStartupInfo(createNew, expId, basePort, logDirectory, experimentLogLevel);
+    setExperimentStartupInfo(createNew, expId, basePort, logDirectory, experimentLogLevel, readonly);
 }
 
 async function initContainer(platformMode: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ if (!['local', 'remote', 'pai', 'kubeflow', 'frameworkcontroller'].includes(mode
 }
 
 const startMode: string = parseArg(['--start_mode', '-s']);
-if (!['new', 'resume'].includes(startMode)) {
+if (![ExperimentStartUpMode.NEW, ExperimentStartUpMode.RESUME].includes(startMode)) {
     console.log(`FATAL: unknown start_mode: ${startMode}`);
     usage();
     process.exit(1);
 }
 
 const experimentId: string = parseArg(['--experiment_id', '-id']);
-if (startMode === 'resume' && experimentId.trim().length < 1) {
-    console.log(`FATAL: cannot resume experiment, invalid experiment_id: ${experimentId}`);
+if ((startMode === ExperimentStartUpMode.RESUME) && experimentId.trim().length < 1) {
+    console.log(`FATAL: cannot resume the experiment, invalid experiment_id: ${experimentId}`);
     usage();
     process.exit(1);
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,15 @@ if (logLevel.length > 0 && !logLevelNameMap.has(logLevel)) {
     console.log(`FATAL: invalid log_level: ${logLevel}`);
 }
 
-initStartupInfo(startMode, experimentId, port, logDir, logLevel);
+const readonlyArg: string = parseArg(['--readonly', '-r']);
+if (!('true' || 'false').includes(readonlyArg.toLowerCase())) {
+    console.log(`FATAL: readonly property should only be true or false`);
+    usage();
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+const readonly = readonlyArg.toLowerCase() == 'true' ? true : false;
+
+initStartupInfo(startMode, experimentId, port, logDir, logLevel, readonly);
 
 mkDirP(getLogDir())
     .then(async () => {

src/nni_manager/rest_server/restHandler.ts

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as component from '../common/component';
 import { DataStore, MetricDataRecord, TrialJobInfo } from '../common/datastore';
 import { NNIError, NNIErrorNames } from '../common/errors';
-import { isNewExperiment } from '../common/experimentStartupInfo';
+import { isNewExperiment, isReadonly } from '../common/experimentStartupInfo';
 import { getLogger, Logger } from '../common/log';
-import { ExperimentProfile, Manager, TrialJobStatistics} from '../common/manager';
+import { ExperimentProfile, Manager, TrialJobStatistics, ExperimentStartUpMode } from '../common/manager';
 import { ValidationSchemas } from './restValidationSchemas';
 import { NNIRestServer } from './nniRestServer';
 import { getVersion } from '../common/utils';
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ class NNIRestHandler {
         return router;
     }
 
-    private handle_error(err: Error, res: Response, isFatal: boolean = false): void {
+    private handle_error(err: Error, res: Response, isFatal: boolean = false, errorCode: number = 500): void {
         if (err instanceof NNIError && err.name === NNIErrorNames.NOT_FOUND) {
             res.status(404);
         } else {
-            res.status(500);
+            res.status(errorCode);
         }
         res.send({
             error: err.message
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class NNIRestHandler {
                     this.handle_error(err, res);
                 });
             } else {
-                this.nniManager.resumeExperiment().then(() => {
+                this.nniManager.resumeExperiment(isReadonly()).then(() => {
                     res.send();
                 }).catch((err: Error) => {
                     // Resume experiment is a step of initialization, so any exception thrown is a fatal

tools/nni_cmd/launcher.py

@@ -118,12 +118,17 @@ def start_rest_server(port, platform, mode, config_file_name, experiment_id=None
     node_command = 'node'
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         node_command = os.path.join(entry_dir[:-3], 'Scripts', 'node.exe')
-    cmds = [node_command, entry_file, '--port', str(port), '--mode', platform, '--start_mode', mode]
+    cmds = [node_command, entry_file, '--port', str(port), '--mode', platform]
+    if mode == 'view':
+        cmds += ['--start_mode', 'resume']
+        cmds += ['--readonly', 'true']
+    else:
+        cmds += ['--start_mode', mode]
     if log_dir is not None:
         cmds += ['--log_dir', log_dir]
     if log_level is not None:
         cmds += ['--log_level', log_level]
-    if mode == 'resume':
+    if mode in ['resume', 'view']:
         cmds += ['--experiment_id', experiment_id]
     stdout_full_path, stderr_full_path = get_log_path(config_file_name)
     with open(stdout_full_path, 'a+') as stdout_file, open(stderr_full_path, 'a+') as stderr_file:
@@ -156,7 +161,6 @@ def set_trial_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name):
 
 def set_local_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name):
     '''set local configuration'''
-    #set machine_list
     request_data = dict()
     if experiment_config.get('localConfig'):
         request_data['local_config'] = experiment_config['localConfig']
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ def set_local_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name):
                     fout.write(json.dumps(json.loads(err_message), indent=4, sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ':')))
             return False, err_message
 
-    return set_trial_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    return set_trial_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name), None
 
 def set_remote_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name):
     '''Call setClusterMetadata to pass trial'''
@@ -345,7 +349,6 @@ def set_experiment(experiment_config, mode, port, config_file_name):
             {'key': 'frameworkcontroller_config', 'value': experiment_config['frameworkcontrollerConfig']})
         request_data['clusterMetaData'].append(
             {'key': 'trial_config', 'value': experiment_config['trial']})
-
     response = rest_post(experiment_url(port), json.dumps(request_data), REST_TIME_OUT, show_error=True)
     if check_response(response):
         return response
@@ -357,6 +360,33 @@ def set_experiment(experiment_config, mode, port, config_file_name):
             print_error('Setting experiment error, error message is {}'.format(response.text))
         return None
 
+def set_platform_config(platform, experiment_config, port, config_file_name, rest_process):
+    '''call set_cluster_metadata for specific platform'''
+    print_normal('Setting {0} config...'.format(platform))
+    config_result, err_msg = None, None
+    if platform == 'local':
+        config_result, err_msg = set_local_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    elif platform == 'remote':
+        config_result, err_msg = set_remote_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    elif platform == 'pai':
+        config_result, err_msg = set_pai_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    elif platform == 'kubeflow':
+        config_result, err_msg = set_kubeflow_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    elif platform == 'frameworkcontroller':
+        config_result, err_msg = set_frameworkcontroller_config(experiment_config, port, config_file_name)
+    else:
+        raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Unsupported platform!')
+        exit(1)
+    if config_result:
+        print_normal('Successfully set {0} config!'.format(platform))
+    else:
+        print_error('Failed! Error is: {}'.format(err_msg))
+        try:
+            kill_command(rest_process.pid)
+        except Exception:
+            raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Rest server stopped!')
+        exit(1)
+
 def launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, mode, config_file_name, experiment_id=None):
     '''follow steps to start rest server and start experiment'''
     nni_config = Config(config_file_name)
@@ -381,6 +411,8 @@ def launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, mode, config_file_name, experimen
             exit(1)
     log_dir = experiment_config['logDir'] if experiment_config.get('logDir') else None
     log_level = experiment_config['logLevel'] if experiment_config.get('logLevel') else None
+    #view experiment mode do not need debug function, when view an experiment, there will be no new logs created
+    if mode != 'view':
         if log_level not in ['trace', 'debug'] and (args.debug or experiment_config.get('debug') is True):
             log_level = 'debug'
     # start rest server
@@ -416,83 +448,14 @@ def launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, mode, config_file_name, experimen
         except Exception:
             raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Rest server stopped!')
         exit(1)
-
-    # set remote config
-    if experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'] == 'remote':
-        print_normal('Setting remote config...')
-        config_result, err_msg = set_remote_config(experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name)
-        if config_result:
-            print_normal('Successfully set remote config!')
-        else:
-            print_error('Failed! Error is: {}'.format(err_msg))
-            try:
-                kill_command(rest_process.pid)
-            except Exception:
-                raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Rest server stopped!')
-            exit(1)
-
-    # set local config
-    if experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'] == 'local':
-        print_normal('Setting local config...')
-        if set_local_config(experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name):
-            print_normal('Successfully set local config!')
-        else:
-            print_error('Set local config failed!')
-            try:
-                kill_command(rest_process.pid)
-            except Exception:
-                raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Rest server stopped!')
-            exit(1)
-
-    #set pai config
-    if experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'] == 'pai':
-        print_normal('Setting pai config...')
-        config_result, err_msg = set_pai_config(experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name)
-        if config_result:
-            print_normal('Successfully set pai config!')
-        else:
-            if err_msg:
-                print_error('Failed! Error is: {}'.format(err_msg))
-            try:
-                kill_command(rest_process.pid)
-            except Exception:
-                raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Restful server stopped!')
-            exit(1)
-
-    #set kubeflow config
-    if experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'] == 'kubeflow':
-        print_normal('Setting kubeflow config...')
-        config_result, err_msg = set_kubeflow_config(experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name)
-        if config_result:
-            print_normal('Successfully set kubeflow config!')
-        else:
-            if err_msg:
-                print_error('Failed! Error is: {}'.format(err_msg))
-            try:
-                kill_command(rest_process.pid)
-            except Exception:
-                raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Restful server stopped!')
-            exit(1)
-    
-    #set frameworkcontroller config
-    if experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'] == 'frameworkcontroller':
-        print_normal('Setting frameworkcontroller config...')
-        config_result, err_msg = set_frameworkcontroller_config(experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name)
-        if config_result:
-            print_normal('Successfully set frameworkcontroller config!')
-        else:
-            if err_msg:
-                print_error('Failed! Error is: {}'.format(err_msg))
-            try:
-                kill_command(rest_process.pid)
-            except Exception:
-                raise Exception(ERROR_INFO % 'Restful server stopped!')
-            exit(1)
+    if mode != 'view':
+        # set platform configuration
+        set_platform_config(experiment_config['trainingServicePlatform'], experiment_config, args.port, config_file_name, rest_process)
         
     # start a new experiment
     print_normal('Starting experiment...')
     # set debug configuration
-    if experiment_config.get('debug') is None:
+    if mode != 'view' and experiment_config.get('debug') is None:
         experiment_config['debug'] = args.debug
     response = set_experiment(experiment_config, mode, args.port, config_file_name)
     if response:
@@ -519,8 +482,23 @@ def launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, mode, config_file_name, experimen
 
     print_normal(EXPERIMENT_SUCCESS_INFO % (experiment_id, '   '.join(web_ui_url_list)))
 
-def resume_experiment(args):
-    '''resume an experiment'''
+def create_experiment(args):
+    '''start a new experiment'''
+    config_file_name = ''.join(random.sample(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, 8))
+    nni_config = Config(config_file_name)
+    config_path = os.path.abspath(args.config)
+    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
+        print_error('Please set correct config path!')
+        exit(1)
+    experiment_config = get_yml_content(config_path)
+    validate_all_content(experiment_config, config_path)
+
+    nni_config.set_config('experimentConfig', experiment_config)
+    launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, 'new', config_file_name)
+    nni_config.set_config('restServerPort', args.port)
+
+def manage_stopped_experiment(args, mode):
+    '''view a stopped experiment'''
     update_experiment()
     experiment_config = Experiments()
     experiment_dict = experiment_config.get_all_experiments()
@@ -528,38 +506,31 @@ def resume_experiment(args):
     experiment_endTime = None
     #find the latest stopped experiment
     if not args.id:
-        print_error('Please set experiment id! \nYou could use \'nnictl resume {id}\' to resume a stopped experiment!\n' \
-        'You could use \'nnictl experiment list --all\' to show all experiments!')
+        print_error('Please set experiment id! \nYou could use \'nnictl {0} {id}\' to {0} a stopped experiment!\n' \
+        'You could use \'nnictl experiment list --all\' to show all experiments!'.format(mode))
         exit(1)
     else:
         if experiment_dict.get(args.id) is None:
             print_error('Id %s not exist!' % args.id)
             exit(1)
         if experiment_dict[args.id]['status'] != 'STOPPED':
-            print_error('Only stopped experiments can be resumed!')
+            print_error('Only stopped experiments can be {0}ed!'.format(mode))
             exit(1)
         experiment_id = args.id
-    print_normal('Resuming experiment %s...' % experiment_id)
+    print_normal('{0} experiment {1}...'.format(mode, experiment_id))
     nni_config = Config(experiment_dict[experiment_id]['fileName'])
     experiment_config = nni_config.get_config('experimentConfig')
     experiment_id = nni_config.get_config('experimentId')
     new_config_file_name = ''.join(random.sample(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, 8))
     new_nni_config = Config(new_config_file_name)
     new_nni_config.set_config('experimentConfig', experiment_config)
-    launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, 'resume', new_config_file_name, experiment_id)
+    launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, mode, new_config_file_name, experiment_id)
     new_nni_config.set_config('restServerPort', args.port)
 
-def create_experiment(args):
-    '''start a new experiment'''
-    config_file_name = ''.join(random.sample(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, 8))
-    nni_config = Config(config_file_name)
-    config_path = os.path.abspath(args.config)
-    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
-        print_error('Please set correct config path!')
-        exit(1)
-    experiment_config = get_yml_content(config_path)
-    validate_all_content(experiment_config, config_path)
+def view_experiment(args):
+    '''view a stopped experiment'''
+    manage_stopped_experiment(args, 'view')
 
-    nni_config.set_config('experimentConfig', experiment_config)
-    launch_experiment(args, experiment_config, 'new', config_file_name)
-    nni_config.set_config('restServerPort', args.port)
+def resume_experiment(args):
+    '''resume an experiment'''
+    manage_stopped_experiment(args, 'resume')
\ No newline at end of file

tools/nni_cmd/nnictl.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import pkg_resources
-from .launcher import create_experiment, resume_experiment
+from .launcher import create_experiment, resume_experiment, view_experiment
 from .updater import update_searchspace, update_concurrency, update_duration, update_trialnum, import_data
 from .nnictl_utils import *
 from .package_management import *
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ def parse_args():
     parser_resume.add_argument('--debug', '-d', action='store_true', help=' set debug mode')
     parser_resume.set_defaults(func=resume_experiment)
 
+    # parse view command
+    parser_resume = subparsers.add_parser('view', help='view a stopped experiment')
+    parser_resume.add_argument('id', nargs='?', help='The id of the experiment you want to view')
+    parser_resume.add_argument('--port', '-p', default=DEFAULT_REST_PORT, dest='port', help='the port of restful server')
+    parser_resume.set_defaults(func=view_experiment)
+
     # parse update command
     parser_updater = subparsers.add_parser('update', help='update the experiment')
     #add subparsers for parser_updater