Don't set a pid file on EL, and use omit instead of None as the

default since "{{ None }}" actually becomes an empty string (there isn't
a way to set a variable to None/null from a template block as far as I
can tell).

defaults/main.yml

@@ -33,33 +33,29 @@ __slurm_config_default:
   ProctrackType: proctrack/pgid
   # slurmctld options
   SlurmctldPort: 6817
-  SlurmctldLogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.log' if __slurm_debian else None }}"
+  SlurmctldLogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.log' if __slurm_debian else omit }}"
   SlurmctldPidFile: >-
     {{
-        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.pid' if __slurm_debian else (
-        '/var/run/slurmctld.pid' if __slurm_redhat else
-        None)
+        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmctld.pid' if __slurm_debian else omit
     }}
   StateSaveLocation: >-
     {{
         '/var/lib/slurm-llnl/slurmctld' if __slurm_debian else (
         '/var/lib/slurm/slurmctld' if __slurm_redhat else
-        None)
+        omit)
     }}
   # slurmd options
   SlurmdPort: 6818
-  SlurmdLogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmd.log' if __slurm_debian else None }}"
+  SlurmdLogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmd.log' if __slurm_debian else omit }}"
   SlurmdPidFile: >-
     {{
-        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid' if __slurm_debian else (
-        '/var/run/slurm.pid' if __slurm_redhat else
-        None)
+        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmd.pid' if __slurm_debian else omit
     }}
   SlurmdSpoolDir: >-
     {{
         '/var/lib/slurm-llnl/slurmd' if __slurm_debian else (
         '/var/spool/slurm/slurmd' if __slurm_redhat else
-        None)
+        omit)
     }}
 __slurm_config_merged: "{{ __slurm_config_default | combine(slurm_config | default({})) }}"
 
@@ -83,9 +79,7 @@ __slurmdbd_config_default:
   SlurmUser: "{{ __slurm_user_name }}"
   PidFile: >-
     {{
-        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmdbd.pid' if __slurm_debian else (
-        '/var/run/slurmdbd.pid' if __slurm_redhat else
-        None)
+        '/var/run/slurm-llnl/slurmdbd.pid' if __slurm_debian else omit
     }}
-  LogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmdbd.log' if __slurm_debian else None }}"
+  LogFile: "{{ '/var/log/slurm-llnl/slurmdbd.log' if __slurm_debian else omit }}"
 __slurmdbd_config_merged: "{{ __slurmdbd_config_default | combine(slurmdbd_config | default({})) }}"

templates/generic.conf.j2

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 {% set conf = lookup('vars', item.config) %}
 {% for key in conf | sort %}
-{% if conf[key] != None %}
-{{ key }}={{ conf[key] }}
+{% set val = conf[key] %}
+{% if val is not none and val != omit %}
+{{ key }}={{ 'yes' if val is sameas true else ('no' if val is sameas false else val) }}
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}

templates/slurm.conf.j2

@@ -9,22 +9,23 @@ ControlMachine=localhost
 
 # Configuration options
 {% for key in __slurm_config_merged | sort %}
-{% if __slurm_config_merged[key] %}
-{{ key }}={{ __slurm_config_merged[key] }}
+{% set val = __slurm_config_merged[key] %}
+{% if val is not none and val != omit %}
+{{ key }}={{ 'YES' if val is sameas true else ('NO' if val is sameas false else val) }}
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 
 # Nodes
 {% for i in slurm_nodes %}
-NodeName={{ i.name }}{% for k in i | sort if k != 'name' %} {{ k }}={{ i[k] }}{% endfor %}
+NodeName={{ i.name }}{% for k in i | sort if k != 'name' %} {{ k }}={{ 'YES' if i[k] is sameas true else ('NO' if i[k] is sameas false else i[k]) }}{% endfor %}
 
 {% else %}
 NodeName=localhost State=UNKNOWN
 {% endfor %}
 
 # Partitions
 {% for i in slurm_partitions %}
-PartitionName={{ i.name }}{% for k in i | sort if k != 'name' %} {{ k }}={{ i[k] }}{% endfor %}
+PartitionName={{ i.name }}{% for k in i | sort if k != 'name' %} {{ k }}={{ 'YES' if i[k] is sameas true else ('NO' if i[k] is sameas false else i[k]) }}{% endfor %}
 
 {% else %}
 PartitionName=debug Default=YES Nodes={{ (slurm_nodes[0] | default({})).name | default('localhost') }} State=UP