v1.38.0: Slurm GCP v6 for a3-highgpu-8g and added ability to disable automatic updates

[nick-stroud]

What's Changed

Key New Features 🎉

• Add Slurm-GCP v6 based solution for provisioning a3-highgpu-8g compute nodes by @tpdownes in Add Slurm-GCP v6 based solution for provisioning a3-highgpu-8g compute nodes #2859
• Add allow_automatic_updates flag by @rohitramu in Add allow_automatic_updates flag #2778
• Update slurm-gcp module to use custom endpoints. by @cdunbar13 in Update slurm-gcp module to use custom endpoints. #2653
• Add local ssd RAID0 startup script by @alyssa-sm in Add local ssd RAID0 startup script #2720

New Modules 🧱

• Move GKE Modules to Core by @chengcongdu in Move GKE Modules to Core #2758

Module Improvements 🔨

• Move slurm_files to the repo. by @mr0re1 in Move slurm_files to the repo. #2739
• Fix cleanup compute for different versions of gcloud by @cdunbar13 in Fix cleanup compute for different versions of gcloud #2794
• change default disk_type for GKE nodepool to null by @chengcongdu in change default disk_type for GKE nodepool to null #2818
• Add instance_properties var to nodeset by @mr0re1 in Add instance_properties var to nodeset #2843
• Enable local SSD formatting solution to set POSIX permissions by @tpdownes in Enable local SSD formatting solution to set POSIX permissions #2863
• support for min_cpu_platform usage on vm-instance by @RachaelSTamakloe in support for min_cpu_platform usage on vm-instance  #2873

Improvements 🛠

• Gke optional accelerator by @ankitkinra in Gke optional accelerator #2736
• add test for gke n2 pool with default driver by @chengcongdu in add test for gke n2 pool with default driver #2811
• Update local ssd examples to use local ssd startup solution by @alyssa-sm in Update local ssd examples to use local ssd startup solution #2870
• Update a3-megagpu-8 example to use local ssd solution by @alyssa-sm in Update a3-megagpu-8 example to use local ssd solution #2871

Deprecations 💤

• Deprecate enable_devel by @mr0re1 in Deprecate enable_devel #2764

Version Updates ⏫

• Update to SlurmGCP 6.6.0 by @mr0re1 in Update to SlurmGCP 6.6.0 #2830
• SlurmGCP move to 5.12 by @mr0re1 in SlurmGCP move to 5.12 #2848

Bug fixes 🐞

• Fix construction of cloud.conf by @mr0re1 in Fix construction of cloud.conf #2810
• SlurmGCP. Fix broken --trace-api flag. by @mr0re1 in SlurmGCP. Fix broken --trace-api flag. #2817
• SlurmGCP6. Fix nodes stack in down* state. by @mr0re1 in SlurmGCP6. Fix nodes stack in down* state. #2856
• SlurmGCP. Fix bugs around nodeset zones by @mr0re1 in SlurmGCP. Fix bugs around nodeset zones #2864
• Roll back changes in go.mod to release v1.37.2 by @nick-stroud in Roll back changes in go.mod to release v1.37.2 #2934

New Contributors

• @chengcongdu made their first contribution in Move GKE Modules to Core #2758
• @ctk21 made their first contribution in Fix 'spot' and 'termination_action' variable passing in schedmd-slurm-gcp-v6-controller #2761
• @arajmane-g made their first contribution in Provide a note about H3 availability in the Slurm example blueprints #2854

Full Changelog: v1.37.2...v1.38.0

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