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Track 4: Administrator

Audience: L4 (Administrators) | Modules: 11 + deployment guides | Prerequisite: Tracks 1-3 recommended

Install, configure, and manage Slurm clusters. This is the most comprehensive track, covering architecture through production operations and high availability.

Core Modules

# Module What You'll Learn
1 Architecture Daemons, communication model, authentication options
2 Installation Prerequisites, Munge/auth, packages, MariaDB, slurmdbd
3 Configuration slurm.conf, slurmdbd.conf, cgroup.conf, node definitions
4 Partitions & QOS Partition design, QOS limits, preemption, access control
5 Accounts & Fairshare sacctmgr, account hierarchy, fairshare algorithm, shares
6 Resource Management GRES (GPUs, licenses), consumable resources, cgroup enforcement
7 Monitoring & Accounting sacct, sreport, sdiag, Prometheus/Grafana integration
8 Policies & Priority Multifactor priority, preemption, backfill, reservations
9 Troubleshooting Pending job diagnosis, node states, log files, common problems
10 Maintenance & Operations Draining, upgrades, backups, config versioning
11 High Availability slurmctld failover, slurmdbd HA, state directory, testing

Deployment Guides

Choose the guide that matches your environment:

Deployment Module Key Topics
On-Premise Infrastructure, networking, storage, identity, configless mode, large cluster tuning
AWS ParallelCluster YAML config, static/dynamic nodes, FSx/EFS, EFA, Spot instances, cost management
AWS PCS Managed Slurm, cluster sizing, custom settings, multi-cluster sackd, accounting

Application Guides

If your site runs these applications, add the admin setup modules:

Quick Reference

  • Admins should also complete Tracks 1-3 to understand the end-user experience on the cluster they manage
  • All tracks at a glance: Training Tracks Guide