Slurm batch queueing system

These pages constitute a HowTo guide for setting up a Slurm workload manager software installation based on RHEL 8 Linux and clones such as AlmaLinux and RockyLinux. It is strongly recommended to first read the official Slurm_documentation pages.

These pages are for Slurm >= 23.02 and EL8/EL9 Linux. Older archived versions of these pages with information related to pre-23.02 Slurm and CentOS 7 Linux may be found in the archive or in the v24.06 release of these pages.

Much of the information should be relevant on other Linux versions as well. The present pages are not official documents from SchedMD but only a user’s contribution to the Slurm community.

The information has been subdivided into sub-pages for separate Slurm topics:

• Slurm operations for daily management.

• Slurm installation and upgrading.

• Slurm configuration setting up the services.

• Slurm database for storing user and job data.

• Slurm accounting defining user accounts.

• Slurm job scheduler for prioritizing jobs.

• Slurm cloud bursting extending the local cluster with nodes in the Cloud.

• Some Slurm tools at https://github.com/OleHolmNielsen/Slurm_tools

Slurm documentation

Documentation from SchedMD about Slurm:

• The Slurm_homepage.

• The Slurm_documentation pages.

• Quick_Start_User_Guide.

• Slurm_Quick_Start admin guide.

• Commercial Support by SchedMD®: https://www.schedmd.com/support.php

• Slurm_docs.

• Command_Summary (2-page sheet).

• Slurm_FAQ.

• Slurm configuration file slurm.conf

• Slurm NEWS (changes in recent versions of Slurm) and RELEASE_NOTES (change to the relevant Tag in stead of the master branch) on changes in recent versions of Slurm.

• Slurm_download with links to external tools under Download Related Software.

• Slurm_git_repo and Slurm_git_commits.

• Subscribe to Slurm_mailing_lists.

• The slurm_devel_archive.

• Slurm_publications and presentations.

• Citing academic work involving Slurm from JSSPP 2023: Architecture of the Slurm Workload Manager, see https://slurm.schedmd.com/faq.html#cite

• Youtube videos about Slurm.

• Slurm_tutorials.

• Slurm_man_pages overview of man-pages, configuration files, and daemons.

• Slurm_bugs tracking system.

• Large Cluster Administration Guide (clusters containing 1024 nodes or more).

• Slurm Troubleshooting Guide.

• Slurm Elastic Computing (Cloud Bursting) (Google Cloud, Amazon EC2 etc.)

• Slurm containers guide.

• Support for Multi-core/Multi-thread Architectures.

Documentation from other sources:

• LLNL Slurm User Manual.

• CECI Slurm FAQ.

• CECI Slurm Quick Start Tutorial.

• Comparison between SLURM and Torque (PBS) commands (cached copy).

• HPC @ NIH Building pipelines using slurm dependencies.