Hello,
We recently installed slurm-25 on Redhat linux.
We failed to start the slurmctld service.
sudo systemctl start slurmctld
Job for slurmctld.service failed because the control process exited with error
code.
See "systemctl status slurmctld.service" and "journalctl -xeu
slurmctld.service" for details.
sudo systemctl status slurmctld
× slurmctld.service - Slurm controller daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/slurmctld.service; enabled;
preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-07-31 22:23:18 EDT; 1min
3s ago
Process: 44317 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/slurmctld --systemd
$SLURMCTLD_OPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 44317 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 35ms
Jul 31 22:22:29 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: Starting Slurm controller daemon...
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
error: If munged is up, restart with --num-threads=10
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
error: Munge encode failed: Failed to connect to "/run/munge/mung>
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
error: Failed to create MUNGE Credential
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
error: Couldn't load specified plugin name for auth/munge: Plugin>
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
error: cannot create auth context for auth/munge
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 slurmctld[44317]: [2025-07-31T22:23:18.679]
fatal: failed to initialize auth plugin
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: slurmctld.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: slurmctld.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Jul 31 22:23:18 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: Failed to start Slurm controller
daemon.
Here is munge service status.
munge.service - MUNGE authentication service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/munge.service; enabled;
preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-07-31 22:06:14 EDT; 19min ago
Docs: man:munged(8)
Main PID: 44039 (munged)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 606218)
Memory: 1.4M
CPU: 18ms
CGroup: /system.slice/munge.service
└─44039 /usr/local/sbin/munged
Jul 31 22:06:14 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: Starting MUNGE authentication
service...
Jul 31 22:06:14 fgcu-compute01 systemd[1]: Started MUNGE authentication service.
Any suggestion is apprecieted to resolve this issue.
Thanks,
Nilesh Dhumal
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
http://faculty.fgcu.edu/ndhumal/
Coordinator, FGCU Computational Facility,
https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/facultyresources/computationalfacility/
SH-430; Department of Chemistry and Physics
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Boulevard South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
Phone: (239) 745-4394
Email: [email protected]
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