What do you get from systemctl status slurmdbd systemctl status slurmctld
I’m assuming at least slurmdbd isn’t running. > On Dec 10, 2019, at 3:05 PM, Dean Schulze <dean.w.schu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > External Email Warning > This email originated from outside the university. Please use caution when > opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to requests. > I'm trying to set up my first slurm installation following these instructions: > > https://github.com/nateGeorge/slurm_gpu_ubuntu > > I've had to deviate a little bit because I'm using virtual machines that > don't have GPUs, so I don't have a gres.conf file and in > /etc/slurm/slurm.conf I don't have an entry like Gres=gpu:2 on the last line. > > On my controller vm I get errors when trying to do simple commnands: > > $ sinfo > slurm_load_partitions: Unable to contact slurm controller (connect failure) > > $ sudo sacctmgr add cluster compute-cluster > sacctmgr: error: slurm_persist_conn_open_without_init: failed to open > persistent connection to localhost:6819: Connection refused > sacctmgr: error: slurmdbd: Sending PersistInit msg: Connection refused > sacctmgr: error: Problem talking to the database: Connection refused > > > Something is supposed to be running on port 6819, but netstat shows nothing > using that port. What is supposed to be running on 6819? > > My database (Maria) is running. I can connect to it with `sudo mysql -U > root`. > > When I boot my controller which services are supposed to be running and on > which ports? > > Thanks. >