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title: EESSI build node on Azure

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# EESSI build node on Azure

*(for RHEL 8.2)*

* install `git` and Singularity

```
sudo dnf install -y tmux git
sudo dnf install -y https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/s/singularity-3.8.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
```

* create `/mnt/EESSI` (for `azureuser`)

```
sudo mkdir /mnt/EESSI
sudo chown azureuser:azureuser /mnt/EESSI
```

* start build container

```
git clone https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer.git
cd software-layer
# edit start_build_node_env.sh script to add $EESSI_TMPDIR to $SINGULARITY_BIND
vim start_build_node_env.sh
./start_build_node_env.sh /mnt/EESSI
```

* test creating directory

```
mkdir /cvmfs/pilot.eessi-hpc.org/2021.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen3
```