On 3/4/25 09:43, Steffen Grunewald via slurm-users wrote:
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...
The Systemd error message "ConditionPathExists=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf was not met" is a critical error! Check that the file exists and is owned by the user slurm and group slurm, for example:
$ ls -l /etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf -rw-------. 1 slurm slurm 504 Feb 28 2023 /etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
Make sure that you configured slurmdbd.conf correctly, see this Wiki page: https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/Niflheim_system/Slurm_database/#slurmdbd-configura...
IHTH, Ole