Update

This page describes how to update Slurm-web to the latest version. It is important to keep your installation up to date to benefit from the latest features, improvements, and security patches.

The document provides a general procedure for updating the software and specific steps for updating to latest major version.

General Procedure

Update Packages

Depending on host Linux distribution, run this command to update Slurm-web packages:

RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux OS and Fedora
Debian and Ubuntu
SLES and openSUSE

# dnf update

# apt update && apt upgrade

# zypper update

Restart Services

Run these command to restart services:

Native service
Production HTTP server

When using default native service:

# systemctl restart slurm-web-gateway.service slurm-web-agent.service

When using production HTTP server:

# systemctl restart slurm-web-gateway-uwsgi.service slurm-web-agent-uwsgi.service

Check Status

Check status of services:

Native service
Production HTTP server

When using default native service:

# systemctl status slurm-web-gateway.service slurm-web-agent.service

When using production HTTP server:

# systemctl status slurm-web-gateway-uwsgi.service slurm-web-agent-uwsgi.service

Services must be active and running.

Connect to Slurm-web web interface with your browser to check it is up-and-running.

Notes for Slurm-web 6

To update Slurm-web from version 5 to version 6, some manual additional steps must be performed.

To avoid impacting users with automatic upgrades, Slurm-web 6 packages are published to a separate repository. Package repositories settings must be updated to install this version.

DNF

This procedure works on RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux OS.

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo to change repository from slurmweb-5 to slurmweb-6:

RHEL 8
RHEL 9
Fedora 41
Fedora 42

--- a/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
+++ b/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
-name=Rackslab slurmweb-5
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/el8/slurmweb-5/$basearch/
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
+name=Rackslab slurmweb-6
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/el8/slurmweb-6/$basearch/
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

--- a/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
+++ b/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
-name=Rackslab slurmweb-5
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/el9/slurmweb-5/$basearch/
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
+name=Rackslab slurmweb-6
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/el9/slurmweb-6/$basearch/
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

--- a/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
+++ b/etc/yum.repos.d/rackslab.repo
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
-name=Rackslab slurmweb-5
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/fc41/slurmweb-5/$basearch/
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
+name=Rackslab slurmweb-6
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/fc41/slurmweb-6/$basearch/
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
-name=Rackslab slurmweb-5
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/fc42/slurmweb-5/$basearch/
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
+name=Rackslab slurmweb-6
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/fc42/slurmweb-6/$basearch/
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rackslab

Run this command to update repositories and packages:

# dnf update

APT

This procedure works Debian and Ubuntu.

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources to change distribution from slurmweb-5 to slurmweb-6:

Debian 12 « bookworm »
Debian 13 « trixie »
Debian unstable « sid »
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

--- a/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
+++ b/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Types: deb
 URIs: https://pkgs.rackslab.io/deb
 Suites: bookworm
-Components: main slurmweb-5
+Components: main slurmweb-6
 Architectures: amd64
 Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/rackslab.gpg

--- a/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
+++ b/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Types: deb
 URIs: https://pkgs.rackslab.io/deb
 Suites: trixie
-Components: main slurmweb-5
+Components: main slurmweb-6
 Architectures: amd64
 Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/rackslab.gpg

--- a/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
+++ b/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Types: deb
 URIs: https://pkgs.rackslab.io/deb
 Suites: sid
-Components: main slurmweb-5
+Components: main slurmweb-6
 Architectures: amd64
 Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/rackslab.gpg

--- a/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
+++ b/etc/apt/sources.list.d/rackslab.sources
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Types: deb
 URIs: https://pkgs.rackslab.io/deb
 Suites: ubuntu24.04
-Components: main slurmweb-5
+Components: main slurmweb-6
 Architectures: amd64
 Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/rackslab.gpg

Run this command to update repositories and packages:

# apt update && apt upgrade

Zypper

This procedure works on SUSE Linux Entreprise Server (SLES) and openSUSE LEAP.

Rename file /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-5.repo to /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-6.repo and edit its content to change repository from slurmweb-5 to slurmweb-6:

SLES 15
SLES 16

--- /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-5.repo
+++ /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-6.repo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
 enabled=1
 autorefresh=1
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/suse15/slurmweb-5/x86_64
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/suse15/slurmweb-6/x86_64
 type=rpm-md
 gpgcheck=1
 repo_gpgcheck=0

--- /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-5.repo
+++ /etc/zypp/repos.d/rackslab-slurmweb-6.repo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[rackslab-slurmweb-5]
+[rackslab-slurmweb-6]
 enabled=1
 autorefresh=1
-baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/suse16/slurmweb-5/x86_64
+baseurl=https://pkgs.rackslab.io/rpm/suse16/slurmweb-6/x86_64
 type=rpm-md
 gpgcheck=1
 repo_gpgcheck=0

Run this command to update repositories and packages:

# zypper update