v1.13.0: HCLS Example Blueprint, New Chrome Remote Desktop Module, & Image Building Improvements

Key New Features

• New Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) example running GROMACS on GPUs.
• New experimental chrome-remote-desktop module creates a GPU accelerated virtual machine that can be accessed using Chrome Remote Desktop.
• Improvements to custom-image so startup script failures now result in a failed build and several additional features.

Other Improvements

• vm_instance: Scope changed to cloud-platform.

Version updates

• install-htcondor: Update HTCondor release to current 10.x series.
• Slurm on GCP updated to version 5.4.1 (PR).
• Google Terraform Provider pinned to version 4.51.0 and will be bumped with each future release.

What's Changed

• Improve expandVariables error message by @thiagosgobe in #838
• Use keyword must be explicit across groups by @tpdownes in #852
• Improve unit test coverage of config package by @tpdownes in #857
• Add security vulnerability reporting policy by @heyealex in #853
• Update HTCondor release to current 10.x series by @tpdownes in #856
• Update varReference implementation and usage by @tpdownes in #858
• Remote desktop module - CRD baseline by @saltysoup in #811
• Bump SchedMD community v5 modules to 5.4.1 from 5.4.0 by @SkylerMalinowski in #862
• Add name_prefix to chrome-remote-desktop by @nick-stroud in #863
• Change vm-instance scope to cloud-platform to follow scopes best practice by @nick-stroud in #864
• Update pre-commit hooks by @tpdownes in #866
• Adopt Packer googlecompute plugin 1.1.0 by @tpdownes in #867
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.15.1 to 1.18.0 by @dependabot in #865
• main to develop for release of 1.12.0 by @cboneti in #872
• Improve Packer module by @tpdownes in #870
• Pinning Google terraform provider to 4.51.0 by @cboneti in #875
• Eliminate warnings and align variable naming by @tpdownes in #873
• Adds HCLS Blueprint and deploy instructions by @nick-stroud in #871
• Rename comment sections to align with architecture naming by @nick-stroud in #879
• Improve readability of useModule by @tpdownes in #877
• Add links to hybrid docs from other modules by @heyealex in #876
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.108.0 to 0.109.0 by @dependabot in #884
• Bump github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0 by @dependabot in #883
• Bump django from 3.2.16 to 3.2.17 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #881
• Bump cryptography from 36.0.1 to 39.0.1 in /community/front-end/ofe by @nick-stroud in #914
• Bump oauthlib from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 in /community/front-end/ofe by @nick-stroud in #915
• Rolling version to 1.13.0 by @nick-stroud in #921
• Release v1.13.0 by @nick-stroud in #916

New Contributors

• @saltysoup made their first contribution in #811

Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.13.0

v1.12.0: Google Cloud Storage module and Fluent Tutorial

Key New Features

• Added google-storage-bucket allowing to create Google Cloud Storage buckets.
• New Fluent tutorial blueprint .

New Resources

• google-storage-bucket: Creates a Google Cloud Storage bucket.

Improvements

• Improved documentation and module automation for GPUs support.
• Various improvements in the ghpc engine code.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed error when ghpc was run outside of the HPC-Toolkit folder (PR).
• Fixed category-field bug preventing some users from deploying HPC monitoring dashboards.

Version updates

• DAOS examples updated to use google-cloud-daos v0.3.0.
• Slurm on GCP updated to version 5.4.0 (PR).
• Updating cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.15.0 to 1.15.1.
• Updated google.golang.org/api from 0.106.0 to 0.108.0.
• Google Terraform Provider pinned to version 4.49.0 and will be bumped with each future release.

What's Changed

• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.15.0 to 1.15.1 by @dependabot in #824
• Refactor reference ID function by @tpdownes in #828
• Eliminate unnecessary guard around map access warning (S1036) by @tpdownes in #829
• Initial support for intergroup variable references by @tpdownes in #831
• Inject build id into Omnia test, drop to last build by @heyealex in #832
• Run config validation test in a different directory than the repo, fix bugs found when making the change by @heyealex in #827
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.106.0 to 0.107.0 by @dependabot in #835
• Remove category field from HPC dashboard json by @heyealex in #834
• Changed DAOS community examples to use v0.3.0 terraform modules by @mark-olson in #833
• main to develop for release of v1.11.0 by @nick-stroud in #844
• Pinning google terraform provider to 4.49.0 by @nick-stroud in #847
• GCS bucket module by @nick-stroud in #836
• Updates for slurm-gcp 5.4.0 by @SkylerMalinowski in #843
• Increasing default login node disk size on the ofe by @ek-nag in #848
• Add validation logic for references to outputs from prior modules by @tpdownes in #840
• Add documentation for accelerator support in the HPC Toolkit by @heyealex in #839
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.107.0 to 0.108.0 by @dependabot in #850
• Add Fluent Tutorial to Develop by @jrossthomson in #855
• Add security vulnerability reporting policy by @heyealex in #859
• Rolling version to 1.12.0 by @cboneti in #869
• Release v1.12.0 by @cboneti in #868

New Contributors

• @mark-olson made their first contribution in #833
• @ek-nag made their first contribution in #848

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.12.0

v1.11.0: Usability Improvements for GPUs, Validation of `use` Field, & Miscellaneous Slurm Improvements

Key New Features

• GPU type and count is automatically populated when using A2 series machines for vm-instance and Slurm v5 node-group, controller, & login-node.
• ghpc now validates that modules linked using the use field have common outputs and settings.

Resource Improvements

• startup-script: Added option to use an existing Google Cloud Storage bucket.
• Slurm v5 partition: Now supports partition level startup scripts.
• Slurm v5 controller & login-node: Now has the option to use instance templates.
• Slurm v5 node-group, controller, & login-node: Now supports labels on disks.
• Slurm v5 node-group: Added option to enable public IPs.
• Slurm v4 partition: Compute nodes pick up new version within image family.
• Slurm v4 partition, controller, & login-node: Image can now be specified by name, in addition to family.

Version updates

• Google Terraform Provider pinned to version 4.48.0 and will be bumped with each future release.

What's Changed

• Strip newlines chars before searching for startup failure by @nick-stroud in #783
• Allow local disk labels, merged with var.labels by @heyealex in #764
• Add PBS Pro integration test by @tpdownes in #782
• Add a validator for unused modules in the "use" list by @heyealex in #760
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.104.0 to 0.105.0 by @dependabot in #786
• Fix Quantum AI example by pinning to g++ 10 instead of 11 by @tpdownes in #788
• Make URL for deployment tarball cut-and-paste-able. by @tpdownes in #789
• Add no_comma_params option in "cloud_parameters" by @heyealex in #765
• Add partition level startup script variables by @heyealex in #785
• Add slurm gcp v5 integration test with startup scripts by @heyealex in #790
• Increase HTCondor installation timeout by @tpdownes in #792
• Run dependabot at repeatable weekly interval by @tpdownes in #793
• Add disable_public_ips option to node group module by @heyealex in #791
• Sourcereader wrapfs workaround by @thiagosgobe in #748
• Updating develop post-release of 1.10.1 by @nick-stroud in #801
• Add option to set instance template for login and controller slurm-gcp v5 modules by @heyealex in #787
• Remove singularity install to avoid failed package install by @heyealex in #804
• Bump github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 from 5.3.1 to 5.4.0 by @dependabot in #802
• Automate gpu guest accelerator in vm-instance if not set by @heyealex in #805
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.105.0 to 0.106.0 by @dependabot in #806
• Apply gpu_definition to slurm modules by @heyealex in #807
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/serviceusage from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot in #809
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0 by @dependabot in #808
• Modification to handling of django key to keep it local only to webse… by @mattstreet-nag in #755
• Pass family through instead of looking up image to allow compute nodes to pick up new version within family by @nick-stroud in #810
• Fix broken link to application tutorial diagram by @nick-stroud in #813
• Enable Slurm v4 image to be specified by name by @nick-stroud in #814
• Add slash to network storage output for pre-existing file systems by @heyealex in #812
• Bump google provider max version to 4.47.0 by @cboneti in #818
• Enable cleanup of active compute nodes on destroy for high io test by @nick-stroud in #819
• Bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go from 1.15.78 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in #821
• Move directory check to after embedded checks by @heyealex in #822
• Adding support for existing GCS bucket in startup script module. by @soumyapani in #820
• Update TF google provider version to 4.48 by @heyealex in #823
• Rolling version to 1.11.0 by @nick-stroud in #841
• Release v1.11.0 by @nick-stroud in #837
• Allow Dependabot YAML parser to read time value by @tpdownes in #842

New Contributors

• @soumyapani made their first contribution in #820

Full Changelog: v1.10.1...v1.11.0

v1.10.1: Update to Slurm v5.3, Bug Fixes, Documentation Updates

Key New Features

• All Slurm v5 modules have been updated from v5.2.0 -> v5.3.0. For more information, see the changelog for Slurm on GCP.

Improvements

• Standardize Slurm V5 instance_image variable format. Previous method of image definition is deprecated but will continue to work for the time being.
• Recommended compact placement for vm-instance updated for improved usability.

What's Changed

• Cleanup examples README by @heyealex in #752
• Update login and controller to use standard image setting format by @heyealex in #754
• Remove duplicated module and example lists in community READMEs by @heyealex in #750
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.12.1 to 1.14.0 by @dependabot in #759
• Update guidance to use incremental placement to avoid deadlock by @nick-stroud in #766
• Remove outdated warning in node_groups variable by @heyealex in #763
• Always include a startup script with a pre-determined name even if script is empty string by @nick-stroud in #777
• Always include a startup script with a pre-determined name even if script is empty string by @nick-stroud in #778
• Merge main into develop after release 1.10.0 by @cboneti in #780
• Configure dependency review by @cboneti in #781
• Bump oauthlib from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #769
• Bump pyjwt from 2.3.0 to 2.4.0 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #770
• Bump django from 3.2.12 to 3.2.16 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #771
• Bump protobuf from 3.19.4 to 3.19.5 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #772
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.103.0 to 0.104.0 by @dependabot in #774
• Bump certifi from 2021.10.8 to 2022.12.7 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in #779
• Update hybrid docs to conform to 5.3.0 by @heyealex in #794
• Update slurm v5.3.0 by @heyealex in #795
• Rolling google terraform provider version to 4.46.0 by @nick-stroud in #797
• Fix Quantum AI example by pinning to g++ 10 instead of 11 (known failure) by @nick-stroud in #799
• Rolling the Toolkit version to 1.10.1 by @nick-stroud in #798
• Version 1.10.1 by @nick-stroud in #796

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.10.1

v1.10.0: Open Front End and new Batch MPI example

Key New Features

• Open Front-End Web UI added in community/front-end/ofe
• New Batch MPI Example running WRF

Version updates

• spack-install: default spack version updated from v0.18.0 to v0.19.0.

Improvements

• Fixed a bug where ghpc would exit with an error but with rc=0 instead of rc=1 when failing to overwrite a deployment folder.
• New integration tests.
• Improved documentation and documentation links.
• Now fixing a google cloud terraform provider to the last stable version

Bug Fixes

• nfs-server: Fixed bug when deploying with multiple mount points that share the same destination filenames
• wait-for-startup: Timeouts now properly reported (vs previous unknown errors)

What's Changed

• Update pbspro-preinstall by @tpdownes in #722
• Add Batch MPI example running WRF by @nick-stroud in #718
• Merge main into develop after release 1.9.0 by @heyealex in #728
• Increase omnia timeout by @cboneti in #742
• Handling timeouts in wait for startup by @cboneti in #743
• Cap TF Google provider version at latest stable (4.43) by @heyealex in #744
• make overwrite error exit with rc=1 by @kkr16 in #701
• Add Slurm on GCP v5 High IO example by @heyealex in #730
• Add the HPC High IO with Slurm on GCP v5 example to the integration tests by @heyealex in #731
• Add reference to htcondor tutorial from example documentation by @nick-stroud in #747
• Default enable reconfig high io by @heyealex in #734
• Fix for issue #746 - removed invalid options for filesystem (STANDARD… by @mattstreet-nag in #749
• Update max google provider to 4.44.1 by @heyealex in #751
• Rolling version to 1.10.0 by @cboneti in #762
• Version 1.10.0 by @cboneti in #767

New Contributors

• @mattstreet-nag made their first contribution in #749

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.10.0

v1.9.0: Altair PBS Pro, Core Support for Batch, Simplified Network Storage

Key New Features

• Initial support for Altair PBS Professionsal
• Batch modules promoted from experimental to core support
• Mounting of network storage via use field. See full documentation.
• GCS Fuse Support with pre-existing-network-storage.

New Resources

• schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-node-group: Support modules for defining one or more node groups used in defining a schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-partition.
• PBS Pro Modules:
  • pbspro-execution: Provisions one or more PBS execution hosts to run jobs in a PBS Professional cluster.
  • pbspro-client: Provisions one or more PBS Client hosts to submit jobs to a PBS Professional cluster.
  • pbspro-server: Provisions a PBS Server Host to operate and administer a PBS Professional cluster.
  • pbspro-install: Creates Toolkit runners that download PBS Pro RPM packages and installs them with configuration settings as documented in the PBS Pro "Big Book".
  • pbspro-preinstall: Uploads PBS Pro RPM packages and, optionally, a license file to Google Cloud Storage.
  • pbspro-qmgr: Creates a Toolkit runner that performs the following administrative PBS configurations on a PBS server.

Resource Improvements

• Core support for Batch modules:
  • batch-job-template
  • batch-login-node
• batch-job-template: Use Native Batch mounting for nfs.
• batch-login-node: Support for multiple batch jobs used by a single Batch login node.
• schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-partition:
  • Explicit zone preference option.
  • Support for multiple node groups per partition.
• pre-existing-network-storage: GCS Fuse support

Version updates

• Slurm on GCP v5.2.0 (changelog)
  • schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-controller
  • schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-login
  • schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-hybrid
  • schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-partition
• Slurm on GCP v4.2.1 (changelog)
  • SchedMD-Slurm-on-GCP-controller
  • SchedMD-Slurm-on-GCP-login-node
  • SchedMD-Slurm-on-GCP-partition

Deprecations

• Variables in schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-partition that are now in schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-node-group are now deprecated and cannot be used for defining a default node group.
• Batch modules moved location. Blueprints referencing the old source location will have to be updated.

v1.8.0: Improved startup-script automation, multiple network interfaces in vm-instance, escapes for variable characters

Key New Features

• Ansible install script is automatically installed if it's detected as a dependency of other runners.
• Multiple network interfaces can be added in vm-instance.
• Ability to escape variable characters in module settings.
• Remote filesystems now supply client installation and mounting scripts
• Remote filesystem mounting scripts no longer depend upon Ansible, significantly reducing time before filesystems are available

Resource Improvements

• vm-instance: Support for multiple network interfaces.
• startup-script: Ansible installation script automatically included when other runners depend on it.

Improvements

• Escape variable characters: ”\$(...)” evaluates to ”$(...)”

What's Changed

• Remove Batch startup script workaround by @nick-stroud in #613
• develop - Handle case that cloud-batch-job does not have startup script in metadata by @nick-stroud in #615
• Improve Batch output instructions and add README to login node by @nick-stroud in #616
• Fix link to the hpc-cluster-localssd example by @heyealex in #620
• Fix EXAScaler issue with Slurm-on-GCP V5 by @cboneti in #622
• Add additional network interfaces to vm-instance by @heyealex in #614
• Added Simcenter StarCCM+ tutorial blueprint. by @jrossthomson in #626
• Refactor mount shell script to take args by @nick-stroud in #625
• Fix: logs were not being captured for invalid return status by @nick-stroud in #630
• Add end-of-file-fixer pre-commit hook to enforce trailing newlines by @tpdownes in #632
• Bump github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 from 2.5.1 to 2.6.0 by @dependabot in #635
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.98.0 to 0.99.0 by @dependabot in #634
• Add info on connecting VPC networks to vm-instance by @heyealex in #627
• Update pre-commit hooks by @tpdownes in #633
• Install Ansible automatically when other runners depend upon it by @tpdownes in #629
• Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot in #619
• Escape variables capability by @thiagosgobe in #604
• Mount script also makes entry in /etc/fstab by @nick-stroud in #628
• Improve Ansible linting by @tpdownes in #636
• Merge release 1.6.0 back to develop branch by @tpdownes in #638
• Add mounting runners to network_storage output by @nick-stroud in #631
• Bump github.com/zclconf/go-cty from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1 by @dependabot in #641
• Improve and document mount.sh by @nick-stroud in #643
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.99.0 to 0.100.0 by @dependabot in #651
• Default to the compute engine service account if null is provided by @heyealex in #650
• Merge v1.7.0 release into develop by @tpdownes in #655
• Improve mounting for filestore and pre-existing-network-storage by @nick-stroud in #644
• Add pre-commit check to ensure duplicate file stay in sync by @nick-stroud in #648
• Remove remaining explicit installations of Ansible by @tpdownes in #658
• Add documentation for Slurm reconfigure option by @heyealex in #653
• Update version to 1.8.0 by @heyealex in #678
• Release v1.8.0 by @heyealex in #677

New Contributors

• @jrossthomson made their first contribution in #626

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0

v1.7.0: Improved blueprint validation, official support for Ubuntu, and bug fixes for Slurm v5

Key New Features

• A new test_apis_enabled validator will check whether Google Cloud services required by the blueprint are enabled
• The Cloud HPC Toolkit has added official support for Ubuntu 20.04 images

Improvements

• Batch modules now support Shared VPC networks
• VPC module enables jumbo frames by default
• AMD-optimized blueprint includes the OpenFOAM application compiled for the Zen 3 microarchitecture
• A new example blueprint demonstrates using local SSD disks with VM instances
• A new example blueprint demonstrates installation of StarCCM+ CFD simulation application

Bug Fixes

• Resolve Slurm v5 startup-script timeout errors
  by demonstrating the use of a build VM to install Spack and optimized applications
• Fix incompatibility between DDN Exascaler (Lustre) and Slurm v5 modules

What's Changed

• Add shared task for recover from terraform failure by @nick-stroud in #578
• Automatically pull serial port 1 logs on startup script failure by @nick-stroud in #580
• Bump github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 from 2.14.0 to 2.14.1 by @dependabot in #572
• Enable shared VPC to be used with Batch modules by @nick-stroud in #573
• Update default MTU for new VPCs by @tpdownes in #577
• Replace HTCondor integration test by @tpdownes in #583
• Remove blueprint_dir update in integration tests by @heyealex in #582
• Add documentation that cloud-batch-job supports shared vpc by @nick-stroud in #584
• Add Spack setup runner by @nick-stroud in #586
• Implement API validation by @tpdownes in #576
• Add documentation for API validation by @tpdownes in #585
• Document troubleshooting for Slurm startup script timeouts by @tpdownes in #590
• Bump github.com/zclconf/go-cty from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0 by @dependabot in #491
• Update wait for startup for qsim example to 2400s by @heyealex in #591
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.96.0 to 0.98.0 by @dependabot in #589
• Bump github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 from 2.4.0 to 2.5.1 by @dependabot in #588
• Fix test_apis_enabled to handle empty API list by @tpdownes in #592
• Add default Spack log file by @nick-stroud in #595
• Fix: passing non-existent cache was causing failures in some projects by @nick-stroud in #593
• Batch modules should require Batch API by @tpdownes in #597
• Support local module required APIs by @tpdownes in #596
• hybrid-slurm documentation for on-premise by @heyealex in #579
• Add ability to pass non-text variables through the cli --vars flag by @kkr16 in #574
• Additional Batch parameters by @nick-stroud in #594
• Add slurm v5 HPC Centos example to integration tests by @heyealex in #587
• Clarify and compact validator failure message by @tpdownes in #598
• Add slurm-gcp-v5-ubuntu2004 example to integration tests by @heyealex in #601
• Remove deployment_name var from vpc example as it is passed implicitly by @nick-stroud in #605
• Add variable to turn off public ips on Batch jobs by @nick-stroud in #609
• Update AMD blueprint with OpenFOAM application and test suite by @tpdownes in #606
• Filestore cleanup fails on existing instances by @heyealex in #610
• Develop by @omartin2010 in #608
• Add image support documentation by @heyealex in #611
• Push test deployment directory to GCS by @heyealex in #602
• release-candidate - Handle case that cloud-batch-job does not have startup script in metadata by @nick-stroud in #612
• Add a boilerplate blueprint to README by @nick-stroud in #617
• Back-porting EXAScaler fix for V5 on release candidate by @cboneti in #624
• Release Candidate: Simcenter StarCCM+ Tutorial Blueprint by @heyealex in #637
• Resolve conflicts on release-candidate by @nick-stroud in #646
• Release v1.7.0 by @tpdownes in #649

New Contributors

• @omartin2010 made their first contribution in #608

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

v1.6.0: DDN-EXAScaler update and improved functionality, Source modules from generic git repos

Key New Features

• DDN-EXAScaler module version update and further support added for DDN-EXAScaler with other modules.
• Import modules from gitlab and other generic git repositories.

Resource Improvements

• DDN-EXAScaler: DDN EXAScaler Lustre will now work with vm-instance, cloud-batch-job, htcondor. More information can be found in the README.
• schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-controller: Expose enable_reconfigure from Slurm on GCP underlying module.
• SchedMD-slurm-on-gcp-controller: Allow static nodes in partitions.
• vm-instance: Add auto_delete_disk variable.
• spack-install: Improved performance and bug fixes.

Version updates

• DDN-EXAScaler: Version 6.1.0

Improvements

• git commit and branch information included when running ghpc --version.
• Shell runners are run as an executable rather than sourced.
• Documentation Slurm on GCP hybrid demo using a cloud based Slurm controller.
• hpc-cluster-amd-slurmv5.yaml example uses a builder VM for spack installation.
• Ability to import modules from generic git repositories with the git:: prefix in source.

Deprecations

• In the variable image of DDN-EXAScaler, name is no longer supported in favor of project and family.

Bugfixes

• Fixed startup script failure in HTCondor autoscaler configuration

What's Changed

• Add customized version output for debugging improvement by @thiagosgobe in #532
• Address permadiff in vm-instance module by @tpdownes in #542
• Exposing enable_reconfigure in Slurm-onGCP V5 by @cboneti in #537
• Adding Slurm on GCP V4 static nodes functionality by @cboneti in #544
• Set enable_smt default to false for slurm v5 modules by @heyealex in #545
• Run shell runners as executable by @nick-stroud in #543
• Add auto-delete boot disk as an option on vm-instance by @nick-stroud in #548
• Default slurm_cluster_name to deploy name in hybrid by @heyealex in #550
• Default scope now allows reading AND writing. by @sandwichmaker in #546
• Upgrade DDN-EXAScaler to v6.1.0 by @nick-stroud in #551
• Add troubleshooting for Slurm: network is unreachable by @nick-stroud in #549
• Add Epilog/Prolog scripts to install path in hybrid by @heyealex in #552
• Integrate DDN Lustre install script with startup-script by @nick-stroud in #553
• Warn users about deprecated 'name' argument for EXAScaler image by @nick-stroud in #555
• remove "kind:" from examples and docs where optional by @kkr16 in #547
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #554
• Address an idempotency in Spack install script by @tpdownes in #557
• Replace Spack installation in AMD example with a builder VM by @tpdownes in #558
• Eliminate 1 git checkout during Spack install by @tpdownes in #559
• Address dependency checker timeout failure by @tpdownes in #561
• Merge v1.5.0 release into develop by @tpdownes in #565
• Enable DDN Lustre client install with pre-existing-network-storage by @nick-stroud in #560
• Allow generic git sources by @heyealex in #564
• Add hybrid slurm demo example using 2 GCP projects. by @heyealex in #556
• Use fully-qualified Ansible module names where not used by @tpdownes in #567
• Perform regular cleanup of Filestore VPC network peerings by @tpdownes in #568
• Avoid spurious errors in Spack log by @tpdownes in #571
• Fix remove default urls by @tpdownes in #570
• Fix filestore peering network cleanup script by @tpdownes in #569
• Fix Ansible module for upgrading setuptools in HTCondor autoscaler by @tpdownes in #581
• Update version to 1.6.0 by @heyealex in #599
• Release v1.6.0 by @heyealex in #600

New Contributors

• @sandwichmaker made their first contribution in #546

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0

v1.5.0: Hybrid Slurm clusters, Blueprints optimized for NVIDIA GPUs and AMD CPUs, & Bug Fixes

Key New Features

• Support for "hybrid" Slurm partitions (see New Resources below)
• Example blueprints to provision
  • Google Quantum AI circuit simulator optimized for NVIDIA A100 GPUs
  • Slurm cluster using AMD C2D family of VMs and the AMD Optimizing C/C++ compiler
• kind setting for modules defaults to "terraform", the most common value

New Resources

• schedmd-slurm-gcp-v5-hybrid: Experimental module to create cloud-based partitions capable of extending on-premise clusters into Google Cloud.
   

Resource Improvements

• vm-instance: add support for local SSD disks

What's Changed

• Document use of -parallelism when using compact placement with vm-ins… by @nick-stroud in #506
• Slurm on GCP slurm-controller-hybrid module wrapper by @heyealex in #504
• Resolve golang unused variable warning by @tpdownes in #509
• Remove "use" from omnia example where no parameters are being passed by @tpdownes in #511
• Uncomment and re-activate the Omnia integration test by @heyealex in #510
• Add validator test_apis_enabled by @tpdownes in #508
• Adds option to attach local SSD to vm-instance module by @nick-stroud in #514
• Making 'kind' default to terraform when omitted by @cboneti in #518
• Add install path variable to hybrid by @heyealex in #515
• Faster project number lookup in tutorials by @nick-stroud in #523
• Update documentation to reflect gcloud batch is now available on hpc image by @nick-stroud in #522
• Add Quantum AI qsim + NVIDIA CUDA / cuQuantum Demo by @tpdownes in #507
• Bump github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0 by @dependabot in #517
• Incorporate Release v1.4.0 into develop by @nick-stroud in #526
• Roll version to 1.4.1 for development by @nick-stroud in #528
• Amd blueprint by @SiddalingappaK in #524
• Add quantum circuit simulator integration test by @tpdownes in #529
• Add image to cloud batch example B/C default image gcloud version is lagging by @nick-stroud in #530
• Incorporate tutorial hotfix into develop by @nick-stroud in #534
• Roll patch version to v1.4.2 by @nick-stroud in #535
• Add required API data by @tpdownes in #519
• Add AMD README and address comments from prior review by @tpdownes in #531
• Update pre commit and TFLint plugin by @tpdownes in #540
• Fix TFLint version in builder image by @tpdownes in #541
• Roll version number to 1.5.0 by @tpdownes in #562
• Release v1.5.0 by @tpdownes in #563

New Contributors

• @SiddalingappaK made their first contribution in #524

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.5.0