diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 11db075..70f0a1e 100755
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./slurm/controller
     privileged: true
-    ports:
-      - "6817:6817"
     volumes:
       - ${DATADIR}/slurm/home:/home
       - ${DATADIR}/slurm/secret:/.secret
@@ -78,6 +76,8 @@ services:
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
       - ${DATADIR}/slurm/state:/var/lib/slurm/d
+    ports:
+      - "6817:6817"
 
   slurmdbd:
     container_name: slurmdbd
@@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ services:
       - mariadb
       - slurmctld
     privileged: true
-    ports:
-      - "6819:6819"
     volumes:
       - ${DATADIR}/slurm/home:/home
       - ${DATADIR}/slurm/secret:/.secret
       - ./slurm/database/slurmdbd.conf:/home/config/slurmdbd.conf
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+      - ${DATADIR}/slurm/state:/var/lib/slurm/d
+    ports:
+      - "6819:6819"
 
   node01:
     container_name: node01
@@ -113,4 +114,22 @@ services:
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     ports:
-      - "6818:6818"
\ No newline at end of file
+      - "6818:6818"
+
+  slurmrestd:
+    container_name: slurmrestd
+    hostname: slurmrestd
+    build:
+      context: ./slurm/rest
+    depends_on:
+      - slurmctld
+    privileged: true
+    volumes:
+      - ${DATADIR}/slurm/home:/home
+      - ${DATADIR}/slurm/secret:/.secret
+      - ./slurm/controller/slurm.conf:/home/config/slurm.conf
+      - ./slurm/rest/slurmrestd.conf:/home/config/slurmrestd.conf
+      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+    ports:
+      - "6820:6820"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setupDev.sh b/setupDev.sh
index 81eeee6..1141138 100755
--- a/setupDev.sh
+++ b/setupDev.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ if [ ! -f docker-compose.yml ]; then
 fi
 
 docker-compose down
+docker-compose down --remove-orphans
 
 cd slurm/base/
 make
diff --git a/slurm/base/Dockerfile b/slurm/base/Dockerfile
index 5f19b55..caa8fde 100644
--- a/slurm/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/slurm/base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 FROM rockylinux:8
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="jan.eitzinger@fau.de"
 
-ENV SLURM_VERSION=22.05.6
+ENV SLURM_VERSION=24.05.3
+ENV HTTP_PARSER_VERSION=2.8.0
 
 RUN yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
+RUN ARCH=$(uname -m) && yum install -y https://rpmfind.net/linux/almalinux/8.10/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/http-parser-devel-2.8.0-9.el8.$ARCH.rpm
 
 RUN groupadd -g 981 munge \
   && useradd  -m -c "MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium" -d /var/lib/munge -u 981 -g munge  -s /sbin/nologin munge \
@@ -17,20 +19,21 @@ RUN yum install -y munge munge-libs rng-tools \
     openssh-server openssh-clients dbus-devel \
     pam-devel numactl numactl-devel hwloc sudo \
     lua readline-devel ncurses-devel man2html \
-    libibmad libibumad rpm-build  perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.noarch rpm-build make wget
+    autoconf automake json-c-devel \
+    libibmad libibumad rpm-build perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.noarch rpm-build make wget
 
 RUN dnf --enablerepo=powertools install -y munge-devel rrdtool-devel lua-devel hwloc-devel mariadb-server mariadb-devel
 
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/slurm-tmp \
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/slurm-tmp \ 
     && cd /usr/local/slurm-tmp \
     && wget https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}.tar.bz2 \
-    && rpmbuild -ta slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+    && rpmbuild -ta --with slurmrestd slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 
 RUN ARCH=$(uname -m) \
     && yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall \
-        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-perlapi-${SLURM_VERSION}-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-slurmctld-${SLURM_VERSION}-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm
+        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-perlapi-${SLURM_VERSION}*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH/slurm-slurmctld-${SLURM_VERSION}*.$ARCH.rpm
 
 VOLUME ["/home", "/.secret"]
 #   22:         SSH
@@ -38,4 +41,5 @@ VOLUME ["/home", "/.secret"]
 # 6817:         SlurmCtlD
 # 6818:         SlurmD
 # 6819:         SlurmDBD
-EXPOSE 22 6817 6818 6819
+# 6820:         SlurmRestD
+EXPOSE 22 6817 6818 6819 6820
diff --git a/slurm/base/Makefile b/slurm/base/Makefile
index dc0dff3..01029b8 100644
--- a/slurm/base/Makefile
+++ b/slurm/base/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include ../../.env
 IMAGE = clustercockpit/slurm.base
-
+SLURM_VERSION = 24.05.3
 .PHONY: build clean
 
 build:
diff --git a/slurm/controller/Dockerfile b/slurm/controller/Dockerfile
index b236b5b..a111d6b 100644
--- a/slurm/controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/slurm/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:22.05.6
+FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:24.05.3
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="jan.eitzinger@fau.de"
 
 # clean up
diff --git a/slurm/controller/docker-entrypoint.sh b/slurm/controller/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 279412b..135f6c9 100755
--- a/slurm/controller/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/slurm/controller/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 # Determine the system architecture dynamically
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
+SLURM_VERSION="24.05.3"
 
 _delete_secrets() {
     if [ -f /.secret/munge.key ]; then
@@ -90,11 +91,12 @@ _copy_secrets() {
 # run slurmctld
 _slurmctld() {
     cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH
-    yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-perlapi-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-slurmd-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-torque-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-slurmctld-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm
+
+    yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-perlapi-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-slurmd-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-torque-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-slurmctld-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm
     echo "checking for slurmdbd.conf"
     while [ ! -f /.secret/slurmdbd.conf ]; do
         echo -n "."
diff --git a/slurm/controller/slurm.conf b/slurm/controller/slurm.conf
index ab5172a..f41d0f5 100644
--- a/slurm/controller/slurm.conf
+++ b/slurm/controller/slurm.conf
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SchedulerType=sched/backfill
 #SchedulerAuth=
 #SchedulerPort=
 #SchedulerRootFilter=
-SelectType=select/cons_res
+# SelectType=select/con_res
 SelectTypeParameters=CR_CPU_Memory
 # FastSchedule=1
 #PriorityType=priority/multifactor
diff --git a/slurm/database/Dockerfile b/slurm/database/Dockerfile
index b236b5b..a111d6b 100644
--- a/slurm/database/Dockerfile
+++ b/slurm/database/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:22.05.6
+FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:24.05.3
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="jan.eitzinger@fau.de"
 
 # clean up
diff --git a/slurm/database/docker-entrypoint.sh b/slurm/database/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 504ecd1..3f74437 100755
--- a/slurm/database/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/slurm/database/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 # Determine the system architecture dynamically
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
+SLURM_VERSION="24.05.3"
 
 SLURM_ACCT_DB_SQL=/slurm_acct_db.sql
 
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ _wait_for_worker() {
 # run slurmdbd
 _slurmdbd() {
    cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH
-   yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-       slurm-perlapi-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-       slurm-slurmdbd-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm
+   yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+       slurm-perlapi-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+       slurm-slurmdbd-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm
   mkdir -p /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm /etc/slurm
   chown slurm: /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm
   if [[ ! -f /home/config/slurmdbd.conf ]]; then
diff --git a/slurm/rest/Dockerfile b/slurm/rest/Dockerfile
index b236b5b..a111d6b 100644
--- a/slurm/rest/Dockerfile
+++ b/slurm/rest/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:22.05.6
+FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:24.05.3
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="jan.eitzinger@fau.de"
 
 # clean up
diff --git a/slurm/rest/docker-entrypoint.sh b/slurm/rest/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 549b92c..0cdca57 100755
--- a/slurm/rest/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/slurm/rest/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,109 +3,73 @@ set -e
 
 # Determine the system architecture dynamically
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
+SLURM_VERSION="24.05.3"
 
 # start sshd server
 _sshd_host() {
-  if [ ! -d /var/run/sshd ]; then
-    mkdir /var/run/sshd
-    ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ''
-  fi
-  /usr/sbin/sshd
-}
-
-# setup worker ssh to be passwordless
-_ssh_worker() {
-    if [[ ! -d /home/worker  ]]; then
-        mkdir -p /home/worker
-        chown -R worker:worker /home/worker
+    if [ ! -d /var/run/sshd ]; then
+        mkdir /var/run/sshd
+        ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ''
     fi
-    cat > /home/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh <<EOF2
-mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-chmod 0700 ~/.ssh
-ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -q -N "" -C "$(whoami)@$(hostname)-$(date -I)"
-cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-chmod 0640 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-cat >> ~/.ssh/config <<EOF
-Host *
-StrictHostKeyChecking no
-UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
-LogLevel QUIET
-EOF
-chmod 0644 ~/.ssh/config
-cd ~/
-tar -czvf ~/worker-secret.tar.gz .ssh
-cd -
-EOF2
-    chmod +x /home/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh
-    chown worker: /home/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh
-    sudo -u worker /home/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh
+    /usr/sbin/sshd
 }
 
 # start munge and generate key
-_munge_start() {
+# start munge using existing key
+_munge_start_using_key() {
+    if [ ! -f /.secret/munge.key ]; then
+        echo -n "checking for munge.key"
+        while [ ! -f /.secret/munge.key ]; do
+            echo -n "."
+            sleep 1
+        done
+        echo ""
+    fi
+    cp /.secret/munge.key /etc/munge/munge.key
     chown -R munge: /etc/munge /var/lib/munge /var/log/munge /var/run/munge
     chmod 0700 /etc/munge
     chmod 0711 /var/lib/munge
     chmod 0700 /var/log/munge
     chmod 0755 /var/run/munge
-    /sbin/create-munge-key -f
-    rngd -r /dev/urandom
-    /usr/sbin/create-munge-key -r -f
-    sh -c  "dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=1024 > /etc/munge/munge.key"
-    chown munge: /etc/munge/munge.key
-    chmod 400 /etc/munge/munge.key
     sudo -u munge /sbin/munged
     munge -n
     munge -n | unmunge
     remunge
 }
 
-# copy secrets to /.secret directory for other nodes
-_copy_secrets() {
-  cp /home/worker/worker-secret.tar.gz /.secret/worker-secret.tar.gz
-  cp thome/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh /.secret/setup-worker-ssh.sh
-  cp /etc/munge/munge.key /.secret/munge.key
-  rm -f /home/worker/worker-secret.tar.gz
-  rm -f /home/worker/setup-worker-ssh.sh
-}
-
-# run slurmctld
-_slurmctld() {
+# run slurmrestd
+_slurmrestd() {
     cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH
-    yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-perlapi-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-slurmd-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-torque-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-slurmctld-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-        slurm-slurmrestd-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm
+    yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-perlapi-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-slurmd-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-torque-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-slurmctld-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+        slurm-slurmrestd-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm
     echo -n "checking for slurmdbd.conf"
     while [ ! -f /.secret/slurmdbd.conf ]; do
         echo -n "."
         sleep 1
     done
     echo ""
-    mkdir -p /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d  /var/log/slurm /etc/slurm
-    chown -R slurm: /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d  /var/log/slurm
-    touch /var/log/slurmctld.log
-    chown slurm: /var/log/slurmctld.log
-    if [[ ! -f /home/config/slurm.conf ]]; then
+    # mkdir -p /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm /etc/slurm
+    # chown -R slurm: /var/spool/slurm/ctld /var/spool/slurm/d /var/log/slurm
+    touch /var/log/slurmrestd.log
+    chown slurm: /var/log/slurmrestd.log
+    if [[ ! -f /home/config/slurmrestd.conf ]]; then
         echo "### Missing slurm.conf ###"
         exit
     else
-        echo "### use provided slurm.conf ###"
-        cp /home/config/slurm.conf /etc/slurm/slurm.conf
+        echo "### use provided slurmrestd.conf ###"
+        cp /home/config/slurmrestd.conf /etc/config/slurmrestd.conf
     fi
-    sacctmgr -i add cluster "snowflake"
     sleep 2s
-    /usr/sbin/slurmctld
-    cp -f /etc/slurm/slurm.conf /.secret/
+    /usr/sbin/slurmrestd -f /etc/config/slurmrestd.conf 0.0.0.0:6820 -Dvv
 }
 
 ### main ###
 _sshd_host
-_ssh_worker
-_munge_start
-_copy_secrets
-_slurmctld
+_munge_start_using_key
+_slurmrestd
 
 tail -f /dev/null
diff --git a/slurm/rest/slurmrestd.conf b/slurm/rest/slurmrestd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a747d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slurm/rest/slurmrestd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Example slurmdbd.conf file.
+#
+include /etc/slurm/slurm.conf
+
+AuthType=auth/munge
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/slurm/worker/Dockerfile b/slurm/worker/Dockerfile
index 2fb1c11..556fcbc 100644
--- a/slurm/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/slurm/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:22.05.6
+FROM clustercockpit/slurm.base:24.05.3
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="jan.eitzinger@fau.de"
 
 # clean up
diff --git a/slurm/worker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/slurm/worker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index e8bc2a9..dfadc46 100755
--- a/slurm/worker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/slurm/worker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 # Determine the system architecture dynamically
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
+SLURM_VERSION="24.05.3"
 
 # start sshd server
 _sshd_host() {
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@ _start_dbus() {
 # run slurmd
 _slurmd() {
   cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/$ARCH
-  yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-    slurm-perlapi-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-    slurm-slurmd-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm \
-    slurm-torque-22.05.6-1.el8.$ARCH.rpm
+  yum -y --nogpgcheck localinstall slurm-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+    slurm-perlapi-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+    slurm-slurmd-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm \
+    slurm-torque-$SLURM_VERSION*.$ARCH.rpm
 
   echo "checking for slurm.conf"
   if [ ! -f /.secret/slurm.conf ]; then