[slurm-users] Change config file location of slurmdbd temporarily

[Sven Schulze via slurm-users]

Hey all,

Is there a way to change the location of the slurmdbd.conf temporarily
when starting slurmdbd?

For all other daemons I can specify "-f", but this doesn't seem to work
for slurmdbd, is there a way to edit the build files to achieve this?

Kind Regards,
Sven


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[Groner, Rob via slurm-users]

The config file location is set during the ./configure step in building the source code.  I think it is --conf-dir or something.  Do ./configure --help to find the correct syntax.  After configure, then rebuild and slurm will now look in that new location.

There is also a SLURM_CONF env var that points to where the slurm config file is, as an override I believe...but I don't know if that applies to slurmdbd.conf as well.  Worth a try maybe.

Rob

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From: Sven Schulze via slurm-users <slurm...@lists.schedmd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:54 AM
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Subject: [slurm-users] Change config file location of slurmdbd temporarily

 

[Ole Holm Nielsen via slurm-users]

On 1/7/25 14:54, Sven Schulze via slurm-users wrote:
> Is there a way to change the location of the slurmdbd.conf temporarily
> when starting slurmdbd?
>
> For all other daemons I can specify "-f", but this doesn't seem to work
> for slurmdbd, is there a way to edit the build files to achieve this?

The slurmdbd.conf manual page says:

slurmdbd.conf is an ASCII file which describes Slurm Database
Daemon
(SlurmDBD) configuration information. The file will always be
located
in the same directory as the slurm.conf.


/Ole

[Groner, Rob via slurm-users]

I'll note that the SLURM_CONF env var is listed on the sbatch docs page, so is likely not an override for all slurm commands.

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From: Groner, Rob via slurm-users <slurm...@lists.schedmd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:04 AM
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Subject: [slurm-users] Re: Change config file location of slurmdbd temporarily

 

[Sven Schulze via slurm-users]

It seems that the variable DOES in fact impact where slurmdbd.conf is looked for.

I discarded that option because it was only mentioned in the slurmctld section.

Thanks a ton!
Sven