Installing Slurm from Tarball

This guide explains how to deploy pre-built, GPG-signed Slurm software tarballs that are published by slurm-factory. Tarballs provide a relocatable, module-enabled Slurm stack that extracts quickly onto any compatible Linux host or container.

When to Choose the Tarball Workflow

Use the tarball-based install when you:

✅ Need an offline-friendly bundle with all binaries, modules, and runtime assets
✅ Want to avoid installing Spack or Docker on the target machine
✅ Prefer a reproducible image build pipeline fed by a single artifact
✅ Plan to distribute Slurm to multiple machines via configuration management

Stick with the buildcache workflow when you need per-node dependency resolution or incremental package updates through Spack.

Artifact Layout and URLs

Tarballs are published under the CloudFront distribution with the following URL pattern:

https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/{toolchain}/{slurm_version}/{architecture}/

Each directory contains:

slurm-{slurm_version}-{toolchain}-{architecture}-software.tar.gz      # Tarball
slurm-{slurm_version}-{toolchain}-{architecture}-software.tar.gz.asc  # Detached GPG signature

The tarball extracts to a self-contained layout:

view/                                 # Relocated Slurm prefix
assets/modules/                       # Lmod modulefiles

Pick a tarball that matches your host distribution (see Build Artifacts for the compatibility matrix).

Architecture Compatibility Map

The tarball publishing workflows support both amd64 and arm64.

Toolchain	amd64	arm64	Guidance
resolute	Supported	Supported	Recommended on both architectures
noble	Supported	Supported	Recommended on both architectures
jammy	Supported	Supported	Recommended on both architectures
rockylinux10	Supported	Supported	`arm64` is best-effort; validate first run
rockylinux9	Supported	Supported	`arm64` is best-effort; validate first run
rockylinux8	Supported	Supported	`arm64` is best-effort; validate first run

Notes:

arm64 tarballs are built on the GitHub-hosted ubuntu-24.04-arm runner.
Success for a specific combo can still depend on upstream image/package availability.

Prerequisites

RHEL-compatible host (Rocky, Alma, CentOS) 7/8/9 or Ubuntu 18.04+
Root or sudo privileges to install into /opt
Packages: curl, tar, gnupg, lua, lmod, and base build tools (yum-utils/dnf-plugins-core or apt)
Internet access to slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai (unless you mirror the tarball internally)

Download and Verify the Tarball

export CLOUDFRONT_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai
export SLURM_VERSION=25.11
export TOOLCHAIN=noble  # or: jammy, resolute, rockylinux10, rockylinux9, rockylinux8
export ARCHITECTURE=amd64  # or: arm64

# Fetch tarball and signature
mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball
curl -O "${CLOUDFRONT_URL}/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz"
curl -O "${CLOUDFRONT_URL}/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc"

Verify the Tarball

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve \
    --verify slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
             slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

Verification succeeds when the output includes gpg: Good signature from "slurm-factory".

Extract the Tarball

sudo mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory
sudo tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/slurm-factory

After extraction you will have a relocatable layout:

/opt/slurm-factory/
├── view/                 # Slurm binaries, libraries, etc.
├── assets/modules/       # Lmod modulefiles
├── etc/                  # Example configs and systemd units
├── share/                # Helper scripts and docs
└── manifest.yml          # Build metadata (versions, hashes)

Configure Environment Modules

# Make the provided modulefiles discoverable
export SLURM_FACTORY_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory
export MODULEPATH="${SLURM_FACTORY_PREFIX}/assets/modules:${MODULEPATH}"
source /etc/profile.d/lmod.sh

# Load Slurm into the environment
module load slurm
module list

# Optional: persist MODULEPATH for all users
echo "export MODULEPATH=${SLURM_FACTORY_PREFIX}/assets/modules:\${MODULEPATH}" | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/slurm-factory.sh

Minimal Runtime Configuration

Create /etc/slurm and seed slurm.conf (sample files are in /opt/slurm-factory/etc).
Pick an authentication plugin:
- auth/munge (default) requires Munge key distribution
- auth/slurm avoids Munge for minimal testing and is used in the Docker snippets below
Ensure spool and log directories exist (/var/spool/slurm, /var/log/slurm).
Start slurmctld and slurmd:

sudo /opt/slurm-factory/view/sbin/slurmctld
sudo /opt/slurm-factory/view/sbin/slurmd

Dockerfile Examples

Each Dockerfile below downloads, verifies, and extracts the tarball, then bootstraps a simple single-node configuration using auth/slurm. Adjust SLURM_VERSION, TOOLCHAIN, and TARBALL_URL to match the artifact you need.

Rocky Linux 10 (RHEL 10 Compatible)

FROM rockylinux:10

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=rockylinux10
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN yum -y install epel-release && \
    yum -y install curl gnupg lmod lua lua-posix which && \
    yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Rocky Linux 8

FROM rockylinux:8

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=rockylinux8
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN dnf -y install epel-release && \
    dnf -y install curl gnupg2 lmod lua-posix && \
    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Rocky Linux 9

FROM rockylinux:9

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=rockylinux9
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN dnf -y install epel-release && \
    dnf -y install curl gnupg2 lmod lua-posix && \
    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

FROM ubuntu:18.04

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=bionic
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl gnupg lmod lua5.3 lua-posix && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

FROM ubuntu:24.04

ARG SLURM_VERSION=26.05
ARG TOOLCHAIN=noble
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      ca-certificates curl gnupg lmod lua5.3 lua-posix && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

FROM ubuntu:22.04

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=jammy
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      ca-certificates curl gnupg lmod lua5.3 lua-posix && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
        curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
        gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

FROM ubuntu:24.04

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=noble
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      ca-certificates curl gnupg lmod lua5.4 lua-posix && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
    curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Ubuntu 26.04 (Planned)

Ubuntu 26.04 is not yet GA; the ubuntu:devel tag tracks the current development snapshot. Adjust package names if Canonical changes defaults before release.

FROM ubuntu:devel

ARG SLURM_VERSION=25.11
ARG TOOLCHAIN=oracular
ARG ARCHITECTURE=amd64
ARG TARBALL_URL=https://slurm-factory-spack-binary-cache.vantagecompute.ai/${TOOLCHAIN}/${SLURM_VERSION}/${ARCHITECTURE}/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz

RUN apt-get update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      ca-certificates curl gnupg lmod lua5.4 lua-posix && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /tmp/slurm-tarball && cd /tmp/slurm-tarball && \
    curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}" && \
    curl -fsSLO "${TARBALL_URL}.asc" && \
    gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --auto-key-retrieve --verify \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz.asc \
        slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/slurm-factory && \
    tar -xzf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-${TOOLCHAIN}-${ARCHITECTURE}-software.tar.gz -C /opt/slurm-factory && \
    rm -rf /tmp/slurm-tarball

ENV MODULEPATH=/opt/slurm-factory/assets/modules:$MODULEPATH \
    SLURM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/slurm-factory/view

RUN mkdir -p /etc/slurm /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm && \
    cat >/etc/slurm/slurm.conf <<'SLURMCONF'
ClusterName=tarball-demo
SlurmctldHost=localhost
AuthType=auth/slurm
AuthInfo=/etc/slurm/slurm.key
SlurmUser=root
SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/spool/slurm/ctld
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/spool/slurm/d
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmctld.log
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm/slurmd.log
ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc
TaskPlugin=task/none
PluginDir=/opt/slurm-factory/view/lib/slurm
NodeName=localhost CPUs=4 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=debug Nodes=localhost Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
SLURMCONF

RUN dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 of=/etc/slurm/slurm.key 2>/dev/null && \
    chmod 600 /etc/slurm/slurm.key

CMD ["/opt/slurm-factory/view/bin/sinfo"]

Next Steps

Replace the sample slurm.conf with your production configuration (see deployment.md).
Convert the one-shot commands into systemd units provided in /opt/slurm-factory/etc/systemd/.
Mirror the tarball to your internal artifact repository if required.
Combine with the buildcache mirror documentation when you need to build fresh tarballs for additional architectures.

When to Choose the Tarball Workflow​

Artifact Layout and URLs​

Architecture Compatibility Map​

Prerequisites​

Download and Verify the Tarball​

Verify the Tarball​

Extract the Tarball​

Configure Environment Modules​

Minimal Runtime Configuration​

Dockerfile Examples​

Rocky Linux 10 (RHEL 10 Compatible)​

Rocky Linux 8​

Rocky Linux 9​

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)​

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)​

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)​

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)​

Ubuntu 26.04 (Planned)​

Next Steps​

When to Choose the Tarball Workflow

Artifact Layout and URLs

Architecture Compatibility Map

Prerequisites

Download and Verify the Tarball

Verify the Tarball

Extract the Tarball

Configure Environment Modules

Minimal Runtime Configuration

Dockerfile Examples

Rocky Linux 10 (RHEL 10 Compatible)

Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 9

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

Ubuntu 26.04 (Planned)

Next Steps