Why has my software suite vanished from the bunch of nodes I installed it on? How do I fix it? Most likely you installed the software directly onto those nodes instead of on the “software image”. Then, after a reboot...
How do I use the finalize script to transfer certificates to the nodes? In many cases, it might be desired to use node-specific certificates for certain service, e.g.:– Make the SSH certificates persist...
How do I call Slurm utilities from nodes that run no slurmdbd? On a node, some Slurm utilities such as sacct need to connect to the slurmdbd daemon. slurmdbd in turn talks...
How to Install Lustre with ZFS and HA for OSS and MDS Nodes Prerequisites: 2 OSS nodes connected via SAS over multiple paths to their own JBOD shared storage (minimum eight drives) 2...
How do I stop nodes from accessing the Internet? By default all compute nodes use the head node as its default gateway, and the head node is configured to...
How do I use LUKS + NBDE “Network-Bound Disk Encryption” to encrypt data on regular Bright nodes? Introduction: This FAQ describes how to use Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) to encrypt non-root volumes or partitions on regular Bright...
How do I run a health check only for a specific set of nodes? With Bright 8.x this can be done using nodeexecutionfilters. Example: Modifying the megaraid health check to only be run on...
How do I configure cloud nodes on the fly? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...
My regular nodes aren’t booting up after an update, why? What now? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...
How can I flash update all my nodes (from Linux)? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...
How can I flash update all my nodes (from DOS)? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...
How do I automatically plug in new nodes and assign it an identity in Bright? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...
How do I extend an OpenStack cluster with extra controller/network nodes? This article is being updated. Please be aware the content herein, not limited to version numbers and slight syntax changes, may...