How To Install slurm-slurmrestd on CentOS 8

slurm-slurmrestd is Slurm REST API deamon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmrestd on CentOS 8.

What is slurm-slurmrestd

Slurm REST API daemon. The slurmrestd daemon is designed to allow clients to communicate with Slurm via a REST API.

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

Install slurm-slurmrestd 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-slurmrestd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slurm-slurmrestd

Install slurm-slurmrestd 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-slurmrestd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slurm-slurmrestd

How To Uninstall slurm-slurmrestd on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove slurm-slurmrestd

slurm-slurmrestd Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/8cc44e771008fd5b9f374b7b1e45e723218af4
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/df819875e9b3d7048d3c5cd62c2aafeb20c381
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/fb40448ccc3da9ddc3c88ed2386b3ff375a0c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/091682bd6315a2a36c6ecabb376c26f81b2b6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/0ebabb6a8c3e36172d17c4914124c2ac5bc528
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/5584bdf28963fb3efe5a4fe168baad1d37e167
/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmrestd.service
/usr/lib64/slurm/openapi_dbv0_0_36.so
/usr/lib64/slurm/openapi_v0_0_35.so
/usr/lib64/slurm/openapi_v0_0_36.so
/usr/lib64/slurm/rest_auth_jwt.so
/usr/lib64/slurm/rest_auth_local.so
/usr/sbin/slurmrestd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-slurmrestd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.