On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 01:03:00 +0000, Slurm users wrote:
I am trying to add slurmdbd to my first attempt of slurmctld.
I have mariadb 10.11 running and permissions set.
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE slurm_acct_db; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.000 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | slurm_acct_db | +--------------------+
Following the setup at, https://slurm.schedmd.com/accounting.html#mysql-configuration
When I try to start slurmdbd it fails.
[root@vuwunicoslurmd3 ~]# systemctl status slurmdbd ? slurmdbd.service - Slurm DBD accounting daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmdbd.service; disabled; preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) [root@vuwunicoslurmd3 ~]# systemctl enable --now slurmdbd Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/slurmdbd.service ? /usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmdbd.service. [root@vuwunicoslurmd3 ~]# systemctl status slurmdbd ? slurmdbd.service - Slurm DBD accounting daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/slurmdbd.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Condition: start condition failed at Tue 2025-03-04 00:54:38 UTC; 1s ago ?? ConditionPathExists=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf was not met
TIL about the "--now" option to "systemctl enable"... thanks for this one! ;) although I admit to prefer a step-by-step approach (and I'd only enable a unit if it's been successfully started once, to avoid complaints at reboot)...
You wrote that you configured MySQL but didn't mention SlurmDBD config. Does the file that is being complained about exist (on that machine)?
So there seems to be a hole in the guide. Some config is needed?
To be honest, I've been following Ole's detailed setup instructions since Adam and Eve - not the ones directly from the horse's mouth. Whatever, I'd first try to track down that ConditionPathExists issue...
Best, Steffen