[global] section - AWS ParallelCluster

[global] section

Specifies global configuration options related to pcluster.

[global]

cluster_template

Defines the name of the cluster section that's used for the cluster by default. For additional information about cluster sections, see [cluster] section. The cluster name must start with a letter, contain no more than 60 characters, and only contain letters, numbers, and hyphens (-).

For example, the following setting specifies that the section that starts [cluster default] is used by default.

cluster_template = default

Update policy: This setting is not analyzed during an update.

update_check

(Optional) Checks for updates to pcluster.

The default value is true.

update_check = true

Update policy: This setting is not analyzed during an update.

sanity_check

(Optional) Attempts to validate the configuration of the resources that are defined in the cluster parameters.

The default value is true.

Warning

If sanity_check is set to false, important checks are skipped. This might cause your configuration to not function as intended.

sanity_check = true
Note

Before AWS ParallelCluster version 2.5.0, sanity_check defaulted to false.

Update policy: This setting is not analyzed during an update.