v1.8.0: Improved startup-script automation, multiple network interfaces in vm-instance, escapes for variable characters

[heyealex]

Key New Features

• Ansible install script is automatically installed if it's detected as a dependency of other runners.
• Multiple network interfaces can be added in vm-instance.
• Ability to escape variable characters in module settings.
• Remote filesystems now supply client installation and mounting scripts
• Remote filesystem mounting scripts no longer depend upon Ansible, significantly reducing time before filesystems are available

Resource Improvements

• vm-instance: Support for multiple network interfaces.
• startup-script: Ansible installation script automatically included when other runners depend on it.

Improvements

• Escape variable characters: ”\$(...)” evaluates to ”$(...)”

What's Changed

• Remove Batch startup script workaround by @nick-stroud in Remove Batch startup script workaround #613
• develop - Handle case that cloud-batch-job does not have startup script in metadata by @nick-stroud in develop - Handle case that cloud-batch-job does not have startup script in metadata #615
• Improve Batch output instructions and add README to login node by @nick-stroud in Improve Batch output instructions and add README to login node #616
• Fix link to the hpc-cluster-localssd example by @heyealex in Fix link to the hpc-cluster-localssd example #620
• Fix EXAScaler issue with Slurm-on-GCP V5 by @cboneti in Fix EXAScaler issue with Slurm-on-GCP V5 #622
• Add additional network interfaces to vm-instance by @heyealex in Add additional network interfaces to vm-instance #614
• Added Simcenter StarCCM+ tutorial blueprint. by @jrossthomson in Added Simcenter StarCCM+ tutorial blueprint. #626
• Refactor mount shell script to take args by @nick-stroud in Refactor mount shell script to take args #625
• Fix: logs were not being captured for invalid return status by @nick-stroud in Fix: logs were not being captured for invalid return status #630
• Add end-of-file-fixer pre-commit hook to enforce trailing newlines by @tpdownes in Add end-of-file-fixer pre-commit hook to enforce trailing newlines #632
• Bump github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 from 2.5.1 to 2.6.0 by @dependabot in Bump github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 from 2.5.1 to 2.6.0 #635
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.98.0 to 0.99.0 by @dependabot in Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.98.0 to 0.99.0 #634
• Add info on connecting VPC networks to vm-instance by @heyealex in Add info on connecting VPC networks to vm-instance #627
• Update pre-commit hooks by @tpdownes in Update pre-commit hooks #633
• Install Ansible automatically when other runners depend upon it by @tpdownes in Install Ansible automatically when other runners depend upon it #629
• Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 by @dependabot in Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 #619
• Escape variables capability by @thiagosgobe in Escape variables capability #604
• Mount script also makes entry in /etc/fstab by @nick-stroud in Mount script also makes entry in /etc/fstab #628
• Improve Ansible linting by @tpdownes in Improve Ansible linting #636
• Merge release 1.6.0 back to develop branch by @tpdownes in Merge release 1.6.0 back to develop branch #638
• Add mounting runners to network_storage output by @nick-stroud in Add mounting runners to network_storage output #631
• Bump github.com/zclconf/go-cty from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1 by @dependabot in Bump github.com/zclconf/go-cty from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1 #641
• Improve and document mount.sh by @nick-stroud in Improve and document mount.sh #643
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.99.0 to 0.100.0 by @dependabot in Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.99.0 to 0.100.0 #651
• Default to the compute engine service account if null is provided by @heyealex in Default to the compute engine service account if null is provided #650
• Merge v1.7.0 release into develop by @tpdownes in Merge v1.7.0 release into develop #655
• Improve mounting for filestore and pre-existing-network-storage by @nick-stroud in Improve mounting for filestore and pre-existing-network-storage #644
• Add pre-commit check to ensure duplicate file stay in sync by @nick-stroud in Add pre-commit check to ensure duplicate file stay in sync #648
• Remove remaining explicit installations of Ansible by @tpdownes in Remove remaining explicit installations of Ansible #658
• Add documentation for Slurm reconfigure option by @heyealex in Add documentation for Slurm reconfigure option #653
• Update version to 1.8.0 by @heyealex in Update version to 1.8.0 #678
• Release v1.8.0 by @heyealex in Release v1.8.0 #677

New Contributors

• @jrossthomson made their first contribution in Added Simcenter StarCCM+ tutorial blueprint. #626

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0

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