How To Install slurm-slurmdbd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmdbd on CentOS 8.
What is slurm-slurmdbd
Slurm database daemon. Used to accept and process database RPCs and upload database changes to slurmctld daemons on each cluster.
We can use yum or dnf to install slurm-slurmdbd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm-slurmdbd.
Install slurm-slurmdbd 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-slurmdbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slurm-slurmdbd
Install slurm-slurmdbd 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-slurmdbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slurm-slurmdbd
How To Uninstall slurm-slurmdbd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the slurm-slurmdbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slurm-slurmdbd
slurm-slurmdbd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf.example
/run/slurm/slurmdbd.pid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/2a3ee4fbeb306cb9de6123e5f10c3f2b9abe8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/f0978628f07232e253330c666aeb23447b7607
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmdbd.service
/usr/lib64/slurm/accounting_storage_mysql.so
/usr/sbin/slurmdbd
/usr/share/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/slurmdbd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmdbd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.