1job_container.conf(5) Slurm Configuration File job_container.conf(5)
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6 job_container.conf - Slurm configuration file for job_container/tmpfs
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11 job_container.conf is an ASCII file which defines parameters used by
12 Slurm's job_container/tmpfs plugin. The plugin reads the job_con‐
13 tainer.conf file to find out the configuration settings. Based on them
14 it constructs a private mount namespace for the job and mounts /tmp and
15 /dev/shm inside it. This gives the job a private view of /tmp and
16 /dev/shm. /tmp is mounted inside a location that is specified as
17 'BasePath' in job_container.conf file.
18 The file location can be modified at system build time using the DE‐
20 FAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the
21 SLURM_CONF environment variable. The file will always be located in the
22 same directory as the slurm.conf file.
23 If using the job_container.conf file to define a namespace available to
26 nodes the first parameter on the line should be NodeName. If configur‐
27 ing a namespace without specifying nodes, the first parameter on the
28 line should be BasePath.
29 Parameter names are case insensitive. Any text following a "#" in the
32 configuration file is treated as a comment through the end of that
33 line. Changes to the configuration file take effect upon restart of
34 Slurm daemons.
35 The following job_container.conf parameters are defined to control the
38 behavior of the job_container/tmpfs plugin.
39 AutoBasePath
42 This determines if plugin should create the BasePath directory
43 or not. Set it to the directory is created with permission 0755.
44 Directory is not deleted during slurm shutdown. If set to
45 'false' or not specified, plugin would expect directory to ex‐
46 ist. This option can be used on a global or per-line basis.
47 This parameter is optional.
48 Basepath
51 Specify the PATH that the tmpfs plugin should use to mount pri‐
52 vate /tmp to. This path must be readable and writable by the
53 plugin. The plugin also constructs a directory for each job in‐
54 side this path, which is then used for mounting. The basepath
55 gets mounted as 'private' during slurmd start and remains
56 mounted until shutdown.
57 InitScript
60 Specify fully qualified pathname of an optional initialization
61 script. This script is run before the namespace construction of
62 a job. It can be used to make the job join additional namespaces
63 prior to the construction of /tmp namespace or it can be used
64 for any site-specific setup. This parameter is optional.
65 NodeName
68 A NodeName specification can be used to permit one job_con‐
69 tainer.conf file to be used for all compute nodes in a cluster
70 by specifying the node(s) that each line should apply to. The
71 NodeName specification can use a Slurm hostlist specification as
72 shown in the example below. This parameter is optional.
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76 /etc/slurm/job_container.conf:
77 ###
79 # Sample job_container.conf file 1
80 # Define 2 basepaths
81 # The first will only be on largemem[1-2] and it will automatically created.
82 # The second will only be on gpu[1-10], will be expected to exist and will run
83 # an initscript before each job.
84 ###
85 NodeName=largemem[1-2] AutoBasePath=true BasePath=/var/nvme/storage
86 NodeName=gpu[1-10] BasePath=/var/nvme/storage InitScript=/etc/slurm/init.sh
87 ###
89 # Sample job_container.conf file 2
90 # Define 1 basepath that will be on all nodes and automatically created.
91 ###
92 AutoBasePath=true
93 BasePath=/var/nvme/storage
94 /etc/slurm/slurm.conf:
97 These are the entries required in slurm.conf to activate the
98 job_container/tmpfs plugin.
99 ###
101 # Slurm configuration need to use job_container/tmpfs plugin
102 ###
103 JobContainerType=job_container/tmpfs
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107 If any parameters in job_container.conf are changed while slurm is run‐
108 ning, then slurmd on the respective nodes will need to be restarted for
109 changes to take effect. Additionally this can be disruptive to jobs al‐
110 ready running on the node. So care must be taken to make sure no jobs
111 are running if any changes to job_container.conf are deployed.
112 Restarting slurmd is safe and non-disruptive to running jobs, as long
114 as job_container.conf is not changed between restarts in which case
115 above point applies.
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