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title: EESSI/VSC sync meeting

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# EESSI/VSC sync meeting

## 2023-09-25

- EESSI status
    - pilot repository version 2023.06 (under `eessi-hpc.org`)
        - actively building out software stack via PRs to `EESSI/software-layer` repo + build-and-deploy bot
        - preparing move to new CernVM-FS setup (under `eessi.io`)
        - hitting problems left and right with software test suite, mostly on Arm 64-bit Neoverse V1 systems
            - procedure in place to deal with this (ignore small number of failing tests, open issue, and contact upstream)
        - actively developed in scope of MultiXscale task 1.1
- EESSI bot status
    - v0.1.0 release (very) soon
        - only needs update of README
    - working quite well to build/deploy software for EESSI (pilot 2023.06)
        - some known issues, some specific to EESSI context
    - supports use of custom `bot/build.sh` + `bot/check-build.sh` scripts
    - tracking of what is installed via easystack files
        - see for example https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer/blob/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.0-2021a.yml
    - *should* be able to use it in non-EESSI context (like to automate installations in `/apps` for VSC clusters)
        - untested
        - could look into using it for new cluster(s)...
    - actively developed in scope of MultiXscale task 5.3
    - for VSC
        - use bot to automate building for different VSC clusters
        - shared software stack via NFS
        - next step would be EESSI (no own CVMFS)
- EESSI test suite status
    - collection of ReFrame tests + some supporting functionality (hooks, tags, common logging setup, ...)
    - portable tests (assuming that software was installed with EasyBuild)
    - includes tests for (only) GROMACS + TensorFlow
    - ReFrame submits Slurm jobs, checks whether test passed + collects performance data
    - tested on Hortense + HPC-UGent Tier-2 (+ SURF, Slurm cluster in AWS, Vega, etc.)
    - v0.1.0 release (very soon)
        - last hurdle is proper docs (see [PR #110](https://github.com/EESSI/docs/pull/110))
    - can consider using this for post-maintenance tests, maybe also doing performance monitoring (weekly runs)
        - either using EESSI, or using local software installs
    - actively developed in scope of MultiXscale task 1.3
    - plans to develop dashboard together with visualisation team @ SURF (in scope of MultiXscale task 5.2)
- plan
    - private repo under github.com/vscentrum
    - Lara tries to use bot to build software for HPC-UGent Tier-2 clusters in her VSC account
    - VUB tries to reproduce later if it works
    - next sync meeting: 