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Installing TORQUE

Installing TORQUE

These instructions describe how to install and start TORQUE.

ClosedRequirements

The following software is required to run TORQUE4.2.9:

  • A fully POSIX make. If you are unable to "make" PBS with your make, we suggest using gmake from GNU.
  • Tcl/Tk version 8 or higher if you plan to build the GUI portion of TORQUE or use a Tcl based scheduler.
  • If you use cpusets, libhwloc 1.1 or later is required (for TORQUE 4.0.0 and later)
ClosedPrerequisites

TORQUE requires certain ports to be open for essential communication:

  • For client communication to pbs_server, all privileged ports must be open (ports under 1024).
  • For pbs_server communication to pbs_mom, the default port is 15003.
  • For pbs_mom to pbs_server, the default port is 15001.

For more information on how to configure the ports that TORQUE uses for communication, see Configuring Ports.

Important: If you intend to use TORQUE 4.2.9 with Moab, you must run Moab version 7.1 or later. TORQUE 4.2.9 will not work with versions earlier than Moab 7.1.

To install TORQUE

  1. Download the latest 4.2.9 build (torque-4.2.3.1.tar.gz, for example) from the Adaptive Computing website.
  2. Switch the user to root.
    3. [user]$ su -
  3. Run each of the following commands in order.
    4. [root]# tar xzvf torque-4.2.9.tar.gz
[root]# cd torque-4.2.9
[root]# ./configure
[root]# make
[root]# make install

    For information on what options are available to customize the ./configure command, see Customizing the install.

  4. Configure the trqauthd daemon to start automatically at system boot.
    5. * If Debian distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/debian.trqauthd /etc/init.d/trqauthd
[root]# chkconfig --add trqauthd
[root]# echo /usr/local/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/torque.conf
[root]# ldconfig
[root]# service trqauthd start 

* If SLES distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/suse.trqauthd /etc/init.d/trqauthd
[root]# chkconfig --add trqauthd
[root]# echo /usr/local/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/torque.conf
[root]# ldconfig
[root]# service trqauthd start

* If RHEL distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/trqauthd /etc/init.d/
[root]# chkconfig --add trqauthd
[root]# echo /usr/local/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/torque.conf
[root]# ldconfig
[root]# service trqauthd start
  5. The make packages command can be used to create self-extracting packages that can be copied and executed on your nodes. For information on creating packages and deploying them, see Compute nodes.

    6. You will also want to scp the init.d scripts to the compute nodes and install them there.

  6. Verify that the /var/spool/torque/server_name file exists and contains the correct name of the server.
    7. [root]# echo <pbs_server's_hostname> > /var/spool/torque/server_name
  7. By default, TORQUE installs all binary files to /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. Make sure the path environment variable includes these directories for both the installation user and the root user.
    8. [root]# export PATH=/usr/local/bin/:/usr/local/sbin/:$PATH
  8. Initialize serverdb by executing the torque.setup script.
    9. [root]# ./torque.setup root
  9. Add nodes to the /var/spool/torque/server_priv/nodes file. For information on syntax and options for specifying compute nodes, see Managing Nodes.
  10. Configure the MOMs if necessary (See Configuring TORQUE on compute nodes in the TORQUE Administrator Guide.).
  11. ONLY if you are doing a clean install, run the following commands to create the pbs server and do some basic setup:
    12. [root]# /usr/share/doc/moab-torque-server-4.2.9/torque.setup
[root]# service pbs_server restart
  12. Configure pbs_server and pbs_mom to start automatically at system boot, and then start their daemons. 
    13. *If Debian distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/debian.pbs_server /etc/init.d/pbs_server
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/debian.pbs_mom /etc/init.d/pbs_mom
[root]# chkconfig --add pbs_server
    [root]# chkconfig --add pbs_mom
[root]# service pbs_server restart
    [root]# service pbs_mom start

*If SLES distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/suse.pbs_server /etc/init.d/pbs_server
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/suse.pbs_mom /etc/init.d/pbs_mom
[root]# chkconfig --add pbs_server
    [root]# chkconfig --add pbs_mom
[root]# service pbs_server restart
    [root]# service pbs_mom start

* If RHEL distribution, do the following *
[root]# cp contrib/init.d/pbs_server contrib/init.d/pbs_mom /etc/init.d
[root]# chkconfig --add pbs_server
    [root]# chkconfig --add pbs_mom
[root]# service pbs_server restart
    [root]# service pbs_mom start

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