[slurm-users] Install & Configuration of slurmdbd

[Ole Holm Nielsen]

Hi Jim,

Maybe you'll find these Wiki pages relevant for setting up your Slurm 
database:

https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/Niflheim_system/
https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/Niflheim_system/Slurm_database/

/Ole

On 1/30/23 20:43, Jim Klo wrote:
> I’ve been working on updating our small slurm cluster over the last few 
> days.  I’ve successfully updated the cluster. However our cluster is 
> missing the slurmdbd configuration, and while I know it’s not required, I 
> would like to add that as it would be helpful to access job history 
> details and potentially manage and prioritize resources with Fair Share as 
> we scale up.
> 
> Anyways I’ve gone through https://slurm.schedmd.com/accounting.html 
> <https://slurm.schedmd.com/accounting.html> and as opposed to other docs 
> in the project, details on configuring accounting is rather vague. I’m a 
> bit confused as to the exact steps, and what prerequisites and 
> dependencies are needed.  Are there better instructions on setting up 
> configuring slurmdbd on an existing cluster?
> 
> Initial questions I have:
> 
>   * When building slurm, did I need to have libmariadbd-dev (or other
>     MariaDB client or libs) present? Is this only needed by the slurmdbd
>     node or does slurmd / slurmctrld also need this?
>   * Are there any limitations on how MariaDB is run? I typically run
>     containerized MariaDB so it can be easily backed up, moved, etc.  I
>     see the configure script has a `--with-mysql_conf`, however if running
>     containerized on a different system, is this path need to be
>     accessible post configure?
> 
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim