# EESSI/Azure sync meeting 2023-09-18

* attending: Alan, Laura, Martin, Ivar
* excused: Kenneth, Bob

Agenda:

- progress update on EESSI, cfr. https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/blob/main/meetings/EESSI_meeting_20230907.pdf
- Gave a quick overview of progress on bot, test suite, GPU, ...
- CernVM-FS workshop probably on 4th of December
- Will have good attendance from SURF
- LP: Do you know anyone from Luxembourg?
- Currently trying to get EESSI on to Meluxina
- ISO 2000x certification was raised as an issue
- Might be good to brainstorm about ISO certification
- SURF are an ISO-certified site so it will be good to coordinate with them
- Switching to `archdetect` in EESSI
- Some issues with `archspec` being overly strict
- Some bugs in `archdetect` fixed in open PR
- CVMFS performance
- Have seen performance variation for S1's (particularly RUG)
- Considering CDN
- EESSI moving to "production" status in Q4
- New domain `eessi.io`
- SC'23
- Azure will have a presence
- Will get in touch when full details are known
- AOB
- Question about whether EESSI have any connections with Luxembourg (which we do via Meluxina)

## Notes of previous meetings

* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-08-21
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-06-19
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-05-15
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-04-17
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-02-17
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-2023-01-20
* https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/Azure-meeting-Dec-9-2022