Ubuntu HPC Setup PBS master on master node

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To setup OpenPBS master on HPC master node use following steps:

1. Install postgresql

   apt install postgresql postgresql-server-dev-all postgresql-contrib

2. Download and install PBS using:

   cd /export/apps/temp
   wget https://github.com/openpbs/openpbs/releases/download/v20.0.1/openpbs_20.0.1.ubuntu_1804.zip
   unzip openpbs_20.0.1.ubuntu_1804.zip
   cd /export/apps/temp/openpbs_20.0.1.ubuntu_1804/
   dpkg -i openpbs-server_20.0.1-1_amd64.deb

3. Edit '/etc/pbs.conf' file should be look like below:

   PBS_EXEC=/opt/pbs
   PBS_SERVER=<master-hostname>
   PBS_START_SERVER=1
   PBS_START_SCHED=1
   PBS_START_COMM=1
   PBS_START_MOM=0
   PBS_HOME=/var/spool/pbs
   PBS_CORE_LIMIT=unlimited
   PBS_SCP=/bin/scp
   PBS_LEAF_NAME=<master-hostname>

4. Set the environment

   source /etc/profile.d/pbs.sh
   source /etc/pbs.conf

5. Enter master hostname in /var/spool/pbs/mom_priv/config file

   $clienthost <rocks-master-hostname>      //Ex: master

6. In pbs server, needs to specify all the compute/gpu nodes in /var/spool/pbs/server_priv/nodes

   node1
   node2

7. Start and enable pbs

   systemctl start pbs
   systemctl enable pbs

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