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title: EESSI/Azure/SURF sync meeting 2022-12-09

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# EESSI/Azure/SURF sync meeting 2022-12-09

(notes of previous meeting: https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-Oct-28-2022)

Agenda:

- EuroHPC MultiXscale grant agreement is being signed
    - on track to start project 1 Jan 2023
- EOSC Future grant (Ivar)
    - for requesting OCRE funding
    - SURF as aggregator
    - problem was that we had to chose 1 cloud provider
    - proposal with multiple providers is providing to be complicated
        - Google and AWS backed out
        - Azure & Oracle are still involved
    - Ivar has already worked a lot on this
        - Due Friday 16 Dec
        - Draft/concept available Tuesday
        - support letters from researchers using EESSI (recycle from previous proposal)
            - Too late for renewals, Alan will review the older ones and see if they are suitable for reuse
        - to do: write up some text on sustainability, onboarding, ...
- EESSI at azhop workshop at SC'22
    - see also slide 5 at https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/blob/main/meetings/EESSI_meeting_20221201.pdf
    - attendees were pretty impressed on how easy it was to get OpenFOAM running
- progress on build-and-deploy bot
    - https://github.com/EESSI/eessi-bot-software-layer
    - build + deploy phase implemented: minimal features are now functional
    - see test at https://github.com/boegel/software-layer/pull/18
- set up a Slurm cluster in Azure
    - which tool? CitC, Magic Castle, azhop, Cyclecloud
    - Cylclecloud seems like the easiest short term solution (and can include auto-scaling)
    - No need for bells and whistles for the bot...and better to have it in it's own environment anyway
- easystack file support in EasyBuild has been improved/extended
    - can now specify configuration options per easyconfig
- GitHub Team plan for EESSI (Alan)
    - for https://github.com/EESSI
    - mainly so we can use protected branches in private repos, enforce use of signed commits, ...
    - see https://github.com/pricing
- EESSI Hackathon Dec'22 (14-21 Dec)
    - https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/EESSI-hackathon-Dec'22