From f6d1b166460e5e681bb99eedded6ce4f25fbf1e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Brasier <steveb@stackhpc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:03:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix situation where all partitions are empty

---
 templates/slurm.conf.j2 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/templates/slurm.conf.j2 b/templates/slurm.conf.j2
index 040171e..aef028f 100644
--- a/templates/slurm.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/slurm.conf.j2
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ NodeName={{ hostlist }} State=UNKNOWN RealMemory={{ group.get('ram_mb', ram_mb)
 PartitionName={{part.name}} Default={{ part.get('default', 'YES') }} MaxTime={{ part.get('maxtime', openhpc_job_maxtime) }} State=UP Nodes={{ nodelist | join(',') }} {{ part.partition_params | default({}) | dict2parameters }}
 {% endfor %}{# partitions #}
 
+# Define a non-existent node, in no partition, so that slurmctld starts even with all partitions empty
+NodeName=nonesuch
+
 # Want nodes that drop out of SLURM's configuration to be automatically
 # returned to service when they come back.
 ReturnToService=2