SLURM install guide: slurmd won't start

[wlandau]

I am using the Debian section of your SLURM install guide to install SLURM on a single-node Ubuntu 16.04 desktop. In my case, the master and worker nodes are the same. I do not have a cluster, but I want to run some small examples and fix some code.

I am stuck at sudo /etc/init.d/slurmd start. The log shows

[2017-10-29T21:57:31.074] slurmctld version 15.08.7 started on cluster cluster              
[2017-10-29T21:57:31.075] layouts: no layout to initialize                                  
[2017-10-29T21:57:31.075] fatal: Frontend not configured correctly in slurm.conf.  See man slurm.conf look for frontendname.   

slurmd -C shows:

ClusterName=(null) NodeName=Haggunenon CPUs=4 Boards=1 SocketsPerBoard=1 CoresPerSocket=4 ThreadsPerCore=1 RealMemory=16004 TmpDisk=223645
UpTime=0-00:29:17

I also submitted posts to Stack Overflow:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47002755/emulating-slurm-on-ubuntu-16-04?noredirect=1#comment80953277_47002755
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46966876/installing-emulating-slurm-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-desktop-slurmd-fails-to-start

And here is my /etc/slurm-llnl/slurm.conf. I generated it from /usr/share/doc/slurmctld/slurm-wlm-configurator.html, supplying the information from slurmd -C. I also changed the user name to wlandau (my own user name) and set ControlMachine and NodeName to Haggunenon (the hostname).

# slurm.conf file generated by configurator easy.html.
# Put this file on all nodes of your cluster.
# See the slurm.conf man page for more information.
#
ControlMachine=Haggunenon
#ControlAddr=
#
#MailProg=/bin/mail
MpiDefault=none
#MpiParams=ports=#-#
ProctrackType=proctrack/pgid
ReturnToService=1
SlurmctldPidFile=/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.pid
#SlurmctldPort=6817
SlurmdPidFile=/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid
#SlurmdPort=6818
SlurmdSpoolDir=/var/lib/slurm-llnl/slurmd
SlurmUser=wlandau
#SlurmdUser=root
StateSaveLocation=/var/lib/slurm-llnl/slurmctld
SwitchType=switch/none
TaskPlugin=task/none
#
#
# TIMERS
#KillWait=30
#MinJobAge=300
#SlurmctldTimeout=120
#SlurmdTimeout=300
#
#
# SCHEDULING
FastSchedule=1
SchedulerType=sched/backfill
#SchedulerPort=7321
SelectType=select/linear
#
#
# LOGGING AND ACCOUNTING
AccountingStorageType=accounting_storage/none
ClusterName=cluster
#JobAcctGatherFrequency=30
JobAcctGatherType=jobacct_gather/none
#SlurmctldDebug=3
SlurmctldLogFile=/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.log
#SlurmdDebug=3
SlurmdLogFile=/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmd.log
#
#
# COMPUTE NODES
NodeName=Haggunenon CPUs=4 RealMemory=16004 CoresPerSocket=4 ThreadsPerCore=1 State=UNKNOWN
PartitionName=DEFAULT Nodes=Haggunenon Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP