Slurm custom image for a locked down environment and faster start-up time, Azure Cyclecloud

Environment : Cyclecloud: 8.7.1 Slurm project 3.0.11 Slurm version: 23.11.10-2 OS of compute and execute: marketplace Almalinux HPC image gen 2 8.10 Prerequisites: – working CC install (mine is currently 8.7.1) - Azure CLI installed - CycleCloud CLI installed – Azure subscription with permissions to create VMs. Create VM with all packages. Install all…

23/05/2025Azure High Performance Computing (HPC) Blog

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