CycleCloud version 8.5.0

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New Features:

  • CycleCloud supports Confidential VMs and Trusted Platform Launch for cluster nodes
  • CycleCloud supports running Node Health Checks during boot to validate node hardware health prior to joining the cluster with the latest AzureHPC images. See Azure HPC Health Checks for details
  • Cluster creation forms now support:
    • Configuring disk encryption for all cluster nodes
    • Assigning a Managed Identity to cluster nodes
    • Setting a custom Boot/OS Disk size
    • Enabling Node Health Checks
  • CycleCloud supports Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022
  • CycleCloud now supports HPC Pack 2019
  • CycleCloud's Slurm cluster type now enables the Slurm RESTd daemon
  • CycleCloud's Slurm cluster type now supports Ubuntu 22
  • New alternate CycleCloud CLI installer with bundled Python for installation offline or on older systems

Resolved Issues:

  • Slurm installation would fail with KeyError: 'ClusterId' if tags were changed to lowercase
  • The Machine Type selection filter for High performance compute did not include HBv4
  • Traditional CycleCloud CLI installer was not properly checking for Python 3.8+
  • CycleCloud service autostart had a race condition with mounting the attached data disks which could cause CycleCloud service start to fail on first boot.
  • Copying a cluster could lose the associated cluster-init specification
  • Slurm clusters with spaces in their names would not converge
  • "No node found for instance" was logged when clusters start
  • Login page did not show the currently logged-in user
  • Idle GridEngine nodes were killed immediately after starting a job
  • Editing a node to make changes then re-importing the cluster would reset those changes
  • Cluster start/terminate button label would wrap while the cluster was terminating