pbs.engine.template.ppn2

#PBS -S /bin/bash
#PBS -l nodes={n/2}:ppn=2
#PBS -l walltime=3:00:00,pvmem=10GB
#PBS -N ipc
#PBS -q usplanck
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -o ipc.out
#PBS -A usplanck
#PBS -V

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

which ipengine
mpirun -np {n} ipengine                                                                                                                            

ipc

#!/usr/bin/env bash
rm ~/.config/ipython/profile_default/pbs.engine.template
ln -s  ~/.config/ipython/profile_default/pbs.engine.template.ppn$1 ~/.config/ipython/profile_default/pbs.engine.template 
echo Setting ipc ppn to $1
ipcluster start --n=$[$1*$2]

ipcluster_config.py

c.IPClusterStart.controller_launcher_class = 'LocalControllerLauncher'    
c.IPClusterStart.engine_launcher_class = 'PBS'     
c.PBSLauncher.batch_template_file = u'~/.config/ipython/profile_default/pbs.engine.template'           

pbs.engine.template.ppn8

#PBS -S /bin/bash
#PBS -l nodes={n/8}:ppn=8
#PBS -l walltime=3:00:00
#PBS -N ipc
#PBS -q usplanck
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -o ipc.out
#PBS -A usplanck
#PBS -V

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

which ipengine
mpirun -np {n} ipengine