Ticket 13054 - Test option to "scontrol reconfig" after updating the configuration file
Summary: Test option to "scontrol reconfig" after updating the configuration file
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of ticket 10597
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Product: Slurm
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Configuration (show other tickets)
Version: 21.08.4
Hardware: Linux Linux
: 3 - Medium Impact
Assignee: Jason Booth
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Reported: 2021-12-16 11:02 MST by Mallick Arigapudi
Modified: 2021-12-16 13:03 MST (History)
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Description Mallick Arigapudi 2021-12-16 11:02:06 MST 
I made some changes/updates to /etc/slurm.conf file. Obviously unknowingly I made some mistakes with the syntax or typos.
Now when I run 
# scontrol reconfig
is failing, bringing slurm to a stand still. Until the error is fixed, I am pushed to the wall by hundreds of users.

Is there a test option before I run the above command to check if my updates to the configuration file are correct/good enough?
This option will save us lots of time with no disruption to the ops.
Comment 4 Jason Booth 2021-12-16 13:03:12 MST 
We have a number of bugs surrounding this type of request, however we do not have anything on the roadmap at this time to add this type of feature (bug#3445, bug#2538, and bug#10597).

At this time, you could run a Slurm client command with the updated slurm.conf *before* running scontrol reconfigure. The client command reads slurm.conf and should fail if slurm.conf is invalid.

For now, I am resolving this out as a duplicate.

*** This ticket has been marked as a duplicate of ticket 10597 ***