How To Install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8.
What is slurm-slurmd
Slurm compute node daemon. Used to launch jobs on compute nodes
We can use yum or dnf to install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm-slurmd.
Install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install slurm-slurmd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slurm-slurmd
Install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install slurm-slurmd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slurm-slurmd
How To Uninstall slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the slurm-slurmd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slurm-slurmd
slurm-slurmd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/run/slurm/slurmd.pid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/804164d1cb8a66a83762eb6523b88ecfe86714
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/ad33fd310fe2fde22e915f98de11ab767bcf5e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmd.service
/usr/sbin/slurmd
/usr/sbin/slurmstepd
/usr/share/man/man8/slurmd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/slurmstepd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.