SLURM Deployment & Administration Fast Track Syllabus
| Sr. No. | Syllabus | Duration | 2 days | 16 hours (2 days × 8 hours). |
| 1 | Installation & Core Setup | Day 1 | ||
| Introduction to HPC & SLURM | ||||
| Role of workload managers in HPC clusters. | ||||
| Linux prerequisites (Rocky 8.10/ALAMA 8.6) | ||||
| Munge authentication setup. | ||||
| Installing prerequisites: Munge authentication, development tools, Munge Key | ||||
| Networking basics for cluster nodes. | ||||
| SLURM Installation | ||||
| Installing SLURM packages. | ||||
| Initial configuration (slurm.conf basics). | ||||
| Defining nodes and partitions. | ||||
| Setting up job submission and queues. | ||||
| Hands‑On Lab | ||||
| Deploying a minimal SLURM cluster. | ||||
| Testing node communication. | ||||
| testing srun jobs | ||||
| 2 | Job Scheduling & Administration | Day 2 | ||
| Job Submission Basics | ||||
| SLURM commands: srun, sbatch, squeue, scancel. | ||||
| Writing simple job scripts.# sbatch job.sh | ||||
| Monitoring & Troubleshooting | ||||
| Checking job status and logs. | ||||
| Common errors and fixes. | ||||
| Troubleshooting job failures. | ||||
| Log Analysis | ||||
| Managing partitions and queues. | ||||
| User access and limits. | ||||
| Intro to accounting (sacct, scontrol). | ||||
| Hands‑On Lab | ||||
| Submitting jobs to the cluster. | ||||
| Cancelling and rescheduling jobs. | ||||
| Monitoring performance. | ||||
| 8 | Workshop Format | |||
| Duration: 16 hours (2 days × 8 hours). | ||||
| Frequency: 2 sessions per week (Thursdays & Fridays) | ||||
| OR Weekends – (Saturday & Sunday) | ||||
| Mode: Online or onsite, theory + hands‑on labs | ||||
| Audience:IT admins, HPC beginners, DevOps engineers. | ||||
| Ideal for Quick deployment and basic management, not advanced scaling or HA setups | ||||
| fast, practical exposure to SLURM for small clusters |
