Though SLURM works fine for job submitting, running, and queueing, I got a minor error below.
sudo systemctl status slurmd Jun 12 10:20:40 noki-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: slurmd.service: Can't open PID file /var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory sudo systemctl status slurmctld Jun 12 10:20:40 noki-System-Product-Name systemd[1]: slurmd.service: Can't open PID file /var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory I followed the installation of a guide from ftp://www.microway.com/pub/pub/for-customer/SDSU-Training/Webinar_2_Slurm_II--Ubuntu16.04_and_18.04.pdf This problem may come from the ownership of slurm.conf file? Here are my slurm.conf and ownership for slur*.pid # slurm.conf file generated by configurator easy.html. # Put this file on all nodes of your cluster. # See the slurm.conf man page for more information. # ControlMachine=noki-System-Product-Name #ControlAddr= # #MailProg=/bin/mail MpiDefault=none #MpiParams=ports=#-# ProctrackType=proctrack/pgid ReturnToService=1 SlurmctldPidFile=/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.pid #SlurmctldPort=6817 SlurmdPidFile=/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid #SlurmdPort=6818 SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurmd SlurmUser=noki #SlurmdUser=root StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm-llnl SwitchType=switch/none TaskPlugin=task/none # # # TIMERS #KillWait=30 #MinJobAge=300 #SlurmctldTimeout=120 #SlurmdTimeout=300 # # # SCHEDULING FastSchedule=1 SchedulerType=sched/backfill SelectType=select/linear #SelectTypeParameters= # # # LOGGING AND ACCOUNTING AccountingStorageType=accounting_storage/none ClusterName=linux #JobAcctGatherFrequency=30 JobAcctGatherType=jobacct_gather/none #SlurmctldDebug=3 SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm-llnl/SlurmctldLogFile #SlurmdDebug=3 SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm-llnl/SlurmdLogFile # # # COMPUTE NODES NodeName=noki-System-Product-Name CPUs=4 RealMemory=6963 Sockets=1 CoresPerSocket=4 ThreadsPerCore=1 State=UNKNOWN PartitionName=debug Nodes=noki-System-Product-Name Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP $ ls -l /var/run/slurm-llnl/ total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 noki root 6 Jun 12 10:20 slurmctld.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jun 12 10:20 slurmd.pid