AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Slurm version 24.05

Today, we are announcing Slurm 24.05 support in AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS). You can now create AWS PCS clusters running the newer Slurm 24.05 version.

AWS PCS' release of Slurm 24.05 provides new Slurm fixes and security updates, including improved auditing for RPC calls, hardened security, and enhancements in Slurm client commands. With this release, AWS PCS also enables a series of Slurm functionalities out of the box, such as improved fanout with partition locality, SHA-3 for cryptographic hashing, and job containers for prolog execution.

To get started with using Slurm 24.05 in AWS PCS via AWS Management Console or AWS SDK, please refer to the documentation. To learn more about AWS PCS, please refer service documentation. For more information on pricing and region availability, refer to the PCS Pricing and AWS Region Table.