How To Install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8. slurm-slurmctld is Slurm controller daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8.

What is slurm-slurmctld

Slurm controller daemon. Used to manage the job queue, schedule jobs, and dispatch RPC messages to the slurmd processon the compute nodes to launch jobs.

We can use yum or dnf to install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm-slurmctld.

Install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install slurm-slurmctld using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slurm-slurmctld

Install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install slurm-slurmctld using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slurm-slurmctld

How To Uninstall slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the slurm-slurmctld package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slurm-slurmctld

slurm-slurmctld Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/run/slurm/slurmctld.pid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/f0aeaea90924be0a292f8240c20ea9521b5d3a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmctld.service
/usr/sbin/slurmctld
/usr/share/man/man8/slurmctld.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmctld on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.