NAME

slurmrestd - Interface to Slurm via REST API.

SYNOPSIS

slurmrestd [OPTIONS...] <[host]:port|unix:/path/to/socket>...

DESCRIPTION

slurmrestd is REST API interface for Slurm. It can be used in two modes:

Inetd Mode: slurmrestd will read and write to STDIO. If STDIN is a socket file descriptor, then slurmrestd will detect this and use relevant functionality. If a controlling TTY is detected, interactive mode will automatically activate to provide additional logging information. This mode is designed to work with piped input, inetd, xinetd or systemd socket activation.

Listen Mode: slurmrestd will open a listening socket on each requested host:port pair or UNIX socket.

OPTIONS

[host]:port: Hostname and port to listen against. host may be an IPv4/IPv6 IP or a resolvable hostname. Hostnames are only looked up at startup and do not change for the life of the process. host is optional; if not provided, slurmrestd will listen on all network interfaces.

unix:/path/to/socket: Listen on local UNIX socket. Must have permission to create socket in filesystem.

-a <authentication plugins>: Comma-delimited list of authentication plugins to load. Default behavior is to load all REST authentication plugins found at load time.

list: Display a list of the possible plugins to load.

rest_auth/local: Allows authentication via UNIX sockets when auth/munge is active.
NOTE: slurmrestd and client processes must run under the same UID or the client requests will be rejected.

rest_auth/jwt: Allows authentication via TCP and UNIX sockets when AuthAltTypes=auth/jwt is active. User must specify the following HTTP cookies with each request:

X-SLURM-USER-NAME:<user name>
X-SLURM-USER-TOKEN:<JSON Web Token>

: NOTE: Tokens are usually generated via calling "scontrol token".

-d <data_parser plugins to load>: Comma-delimited list of data_parser plugins. Set to "list" to dump a list of the possible plugins to load. Defaults: all builtin supported data_parser plugins.

-f <file>: Read Slurm configuration from the specified file. See NOTES below.

-g <group id>: Change group id (and drop supplemental groups) before processing client request. This should be a unique group with no write access or special permissions. Do not set this to the group belonging to to SlurmUser or root or the daemon won't start with the default settings.

-h: Help; print a brief summary of command options.

--max-connections <count>: Set the maximum number of connections to process at any one time. This is independent of the number of connections that can connect to slurmrestd at any one time. The kernel allows any number of connections to be pending for processing at any one time when SYN cookies are active.

Caution:: Each connection could cause one RPC to the controller daemons, leading to potential overloading of the controller. Each connection can also hold memory for the duration of the life of the connection. Having too many connections processing at once could use considerably more memory. Process limits (ulimit(3)) may require adjustment when this value is increased.
Default: 124

-s <OpenAPI plugins to load>: Comma-delimited list of OpenAPI plugins. Set to "list" to dump a list of the possible plugins to load. Defaults: all builtin supported OpenAPI plugins.

-t <THREAD COUNT>: Specify number of threads to use to process client connections. Ignored in inetd mode. Default: 20

-u <user id>: Change user id before processing client request. This should be a unique group with no write access or special permissions. Do not set this user to SlurmUser or root or the daemon won't start with the default settings.

-v: Verbose operation. Multiple v's can be specified, with each 'v' beyond the first increasing verbosity, up to 6 times (i.e. -vvvvvv). Higher verbosity levels will have significant performance impact.

-V: Print version information and exit.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables can be used to override settings compiled into slurmctld.

SLURM_CONF: The location of the Slurm configuration file.

SLURM_DEBUG_FLAGS: Specify debug flags for slurmrestd to use. See DebugFlags in the slurm.conf(5) man page for a full list of flags. The environment variable takes precedence over the setting in the slurm.conf.

SLURMRESTD_JSON: Control JSON serialization:

compact: Output JSON as compact as possible.

pretty: Output JSON in pretty format to make it more readable.

SLURM_JWT: This variable must be set to use JWT token authentication.

SLURMRESTD_AUTH_TYPES: Set allowed authentication types. See -a

SLURMRESTD_DEBUG: Set debug level explicitly. Valid values are 0-9, or the same string values as the debug options such as SlurmctldDebug in slurm.conf(5). Ignored if -v passed as argument during invocation.

SLURMRESTD_DATA_PARSER_PLUGINS: Comma-delimited list of data_parser plugins to load. See -d

SLURMRESTD_LISTEN: Comma-delimited list of host:port pairs or unix sockets to listen on.

SLURMRESTD_MAX_CONNECTIONS: Set the maximum number of connections to process at any one time. See --max-connections

SLURMRESTD_OPENAPI_PLUGINS: Comma-delimited list of OpenAPI plugins to load. See -s

SLURMRESTD_SECURITY: Control slurmrestd security functionality using the following comma-delimited values:

become_user: Allows slurmrestd to be run as root in order to become the requesting user for all requests. When combined with rest_auth/local, when a user connects via a named UNIX socket, slurmrestd will setuid()/setgid() into that user/group and then complete all requests as the given user. This mode is only intended for inet mode as the user change is permanent for the life of the process. This mode is incompatible with rest_auth/jwt and it is suggested to start slurmrestd with "-a rest_auth/local" arguments.

disable_unshare_files: Disables unsharing file descriptors with parent process.

disable_unshare_sysv: Disables unsharing the SYSV namespace.

disable_user_check: Disables check that slurmrestd is not running as root or SlurmUser, or with the root or SlurmUser's primary group.

SLURMRESTD_YAML: Control YAML serialization:

compact: Output YAML as compact as possible.

pretty: Output YAML in pretty format to make it more readable.

SIGNALS

SIGINT: slurmrestd will shutdown cleanly.

SIGPIPE: This signal is explicitly ignored.

NOTES

SPANK and clifilter plugins are not supported in slurmrestd due to their lack of thread safety. Active SPANK plugins and JobSubmitPlugins in slurmctld are independent of slurmrestd and can be used to enforce site policy on job submissions.

EXAMPLES

Start slurmrestd with a UNIX socket in listen mode:

$ export SLURMRESTD=/var/spool/slurm/restd/rest
$ slurmrestd -s dbv0.0.39,v0.0.39 unix:$SLURMRESTD

Verify connectivity with the controller with a ping, with slurmrestd running in listen mode:

$ curl --unix-socket "${SLURMRESTD}" 'http://localhost:8080/slurm/v0.0.39/ping'
{


  "meta": {


    "plugin": {


      "type": "openapiv0.0.39",


      "name": "Slurm OpenAPI v0.0.39",


      "data_parser": "v0.0.39"


    },


    "client": {


      "source": "tmpslurmrestdrestd->fd:8"


    },


    "Slurm": {


      "version": {


        "major": 23,


        "micro": 3,


        "minor": 2


      },


      "release": "23.02.3"


    }


  },


  "errors": [


  ],


  "warnings": [


  ],


  "pings": [


    {


      "hostname": "kitt",


      "pinged": "UP",


      "latency": 606,


      "mode": "primary"


    }


  ]
}

Query the status of a node with slurmrestd running in INETD mode:

$ echo -e "GET http://localhost:8080/slurm/v0.0.39/node/node01 HTTP/1.1\r\n" | slurmrestd
slurmrestd: operations_router: [fd:0->/dev/pts/1] GET /slurm/v0.0.39/node/node01
slurmrestd: rest_auth/local: slurm_rest_auth_p_authenticate: [fd:0->/dev/pts/1] accepted connection from user: user1[1001]
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 3777
Content-Type: application/json
{


  "meta": {


    "plugin": {


      "type": "openapiv0.0.39",


      "name": "Slurm OpenAPI v0.0.39",


      "data_parser": "v0.0.39"


    },


    "client": {


      "source": "fd:0->devpts1"


    },


    "Slurm": {


      "version": {


        "major": 23,


        "micro": 3,


        "minor": 2


      },


      "release": "23.02.3"


    }


  },


  "errors": [


  ],


  "warnings": [


  ],


  "nodes": [


    {


      "architecture": "x86_64",


      "burstbuffer_network_address": "",


      "boards": 1,


      "boot_time": 1688652669,


      "cluster_name": "",


      "cores": 12,


      "specialized_cores": 0,


      "cpu_binding": 0,


      "cpu_load": {


        "set": true,


        "infinite": false,


        "number": 17


      },


      "free_mem": {


        "set": true,


        "infinite": false,


        "number": 187


      },


      "cpus": 24,


      "effective_cpus": 24,


      "specialized_cpus": "",


      "energy": {


        "average_watts": 0,


        "base_consumed_energy": 0,


        "consumed_energy": 0,


        "current_watts": 0,


        "previous_consumed_energy": 0,


        "last_collected": 0


      },


      "external_sensors": {


        "consumed_energy": {


          "set": false,


          "infinite": false,


          "number": 0


        },


        "temperature": {


          "set": false,


          "infinite": false,


          "number": 0


        },


        "energy_update_time": 0,


        "current_watts": 0


      },


      "extra": "",


      "power": {


        "maximum_watts": {


          "set": false,


          "infinite": false,


          "number": 0


        },


        "current_watts": 0,


        "total_energy": 0,


        "new_maximum_watts": 0,


        "peak_watts": 0,


        "lowest_watts": 0,


        "new_job_time": 0,


        "state": 0,


        "time_start_day": 0


      },


      "features": [


        "rhel7",


        "rhel8",


        "rhel76",


        "rhel79",


        "rhel85",


        "rack1"


      ],


      "active_features": [


        "rhel7",


        "rack1"


      ],


      "gres": "cpu:24,gpu:tesla:4(S:0),test:8",


      "gres_drained": "NA",


      "gres_used": "cpu:0,gpu:tesla:0(IDX:NA),tesla:0,test:0",


      "last_busy": 1688671269,


      "mcs_label": "",


      "specialized_memory": 0,


      "name": "node01",


      "next_state_after_reboot": [


        "INVALID",


        "PERFCTRS",


        "RESERVED",


        "UNDRAIN",


        "CLOUD",


        "RESUME",


        "DRAIN",


        "COMPLETING",


        "NOT_RESPONDING",


        "POWERED_DOWN",


        "FAIL",


        "POWERING_UP",


        "MAINTENANCE",


        "REBOOT_REQUESTED",


        "REBOOT_CANCELED",


        "POWERING_DOWN",


        "DYNAMIC_FUTURE",


        "REBOOT_ISSUED",


        "PLANNED",


        "INVALID_REG",


        "POWER_DOWN",


        "POWER_UP",


        "POWER_DRAIN",


        "DYNAMIC_NORM"


      ],


      "address": "kitt",


      "hostname": "kitt",


      "state": [


        "IDLE"


      ],


      "operating_system": "Linux 5.15.0-76-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 15 19:16:32 UTC 2023",


      "owner": "",


      "partitions": [


        "debug"


      ],


      "port": 18001,


      "real_memory": 15678,


      "comment": "",


      "reason": "",


      "reason_changed_at": 0,


      "reason_set_by_user": "",


      "resume_after": {


        "set": true,


        "infinite": false,


        "number": 0


      },


      "reservation": "",


      "alloc_memory": 0,


      "alloc_cpus": 0,


      "alloc_idle_cpus": 24,


      "tres_used": "",


      "tres_weighted": 0.0,


      "slurmd_start_time": 1688671266,


      "sockets": 1,


      "threads": 2,


      "temporary_disk": 0,


      "weight": 1,


      "tres": "cpu=24,mem=15678M,billing=39,gresgpu=4,gresgpu:tesla=4,grestest=8",


      "version": "23.02.3"


    }


  ]
}

Submit a job to slurmrestd with it running in listen mode:

$ cat example_job.json
{"script": "#!/bin/bash\nsleep 30",


  "job": {


    "name": "ExampleJob",


    "account": "sub1",


    "hold": false,


    "environment": {


      "PATH": "/bin"


    },


    "tasks": 12,


    "memory_per_cpu": 100,


    "time_limit": 240


  }
}
$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @example_job.json --unix-socket "${SLURMRESTD}" 'http://localhost:8080/slurm/v0.0.39/job/submit'
{


  "meta": {


    "plugin": {


      "type": "openapiv0.0.39",


      "name": "Slurm OpenAPI v0.0.39",


      "data_parser": "v0.0.39"


    },


    "client": {


      "source": "tmpslurmrestdrestd->fd:8"


    },


    "Slurm": {


      "version": {


        "major": 23,


        "micro": 3,


        "minor": 2


      },


      "release": "23.02.3"


    }


  },


  "errors": [


  ],


  "warnings": [


    {


      "description": "Expected OpenAPI type=array (Slurm type=list) but got OpenAPI type=object (Slurm type=dictionary)",


      "source": "#jobenvironment"


    },


    {


      "description": "Expected OpenAPI type=object (Slurm type=dictionary) but got OpenAPI type=integer (Slurm type=int 64bits)",


      "source": "#jobtime_limit"


    },


    {


      "description": "Expected OpenAPI type=object (Slurm type=dictionary) but got OpenAPI type=integer (Slurm type=int 64bits)",


      "source": "#jobmemory_per_cpu"


    }


  ],


  "result": {


    "job_id": 8990,


    "step_id": "batch",


    "error_code": 0,


    "error": "No error",


    "job_submit_user_msg": ""


  },


  "job_id": 8990,


  "step_id": "batch",


  "job_submit_user_msg": ""
}

COPYING

This file is part of Slurm, a resource management program. For details, see <https://slurm.schedmd.com/>.

Slurm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Slurm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.