Release v1.53.0

Highlights

• The A3Mega Slurm solution now standardizes on Ubuntu: the Debian-based custom Slurm image has been deprecated and replaced with a custom Ubuntu Slurm image. Correspondingly, the A3M Slurm Ubuntu solutions have been refactored into a single, consolidated blueprint.

What's Changed

Key New Features 🎉

• Add Ubuntu 24.04 Ansible installation and test coverage by @tpdownes in #4140
• Added GKE a4x blueprint and related configs by @parulbajaj01 in #4199
• Add jobset for a4x by @ighosh98 in #4206

Module Improvements 🔨

• Allow deploying cluster without live reservation by @vikramvs-gg in #4057
• Remove redundant http provider from kubectl apply by @vikramvs-gg in #4190

Improvements 🛠

• Add kueue dependency for nvidia dra driver by @parulbajaj01 in #4147
• Update condition for workload policy by @parulbajaj01 in #4172
• Updating the checkpoint PV for A3U and A4 to the recommended mount options by @raushan2016 in #4180
• Refactor A3M slurm ubuntu solutions into 1 blueprint by @RachaelSTamakloe in #4216

Deprecations 💤

• Deprecate old GKE A3 mega blueprint by @ighosh98 in #4134
• Drop CentOS 7 support for Ansible installation by @tpdownes in #4138
• Drop Ubuntu 20.04 support for Ansible installation by @tpdownes in #4167
• Drop PBS Pro modules and tests by @tpdownes in #4165
• A3M Slurm Solution- deprecate debian slurm image and add ubuntu slurm image by @RachaelSTamakloe in #4170
• Deprecate imex, gpu driver and dra driver manifests by @ighosh98 in #4198
• Adding deprecation warnings to DDN-Exascaler module (and references) by @cdunbar13 in #4189

Version Updates ⏫

• Upgrade Ansible to maximum allowed version on oldest supported OS distributions by @tpdownes in #4139

Bug fixes 🐞

• Add recurse to condor spool directory by @aneo-ssam in #4178
• Fixed the parser error in test-gke-a2-highgpu-kueue by @ishitachail in #4204
• Fixing the missing comma between the mount_options config for gcs A3U and A4 by @raushan2016 in #4207
• Cleanup GCS Fuse configurations and add required permissions for fio-job-template by @ighosh98 in #4214

New Contributors

• @vikramvs-gg made their first contribution in #4142
• @ishitachail made their first contribution in #4148
• @shubpal07 made their first contribution in #4149
• @RUEI4341 made their first contribution in #4184

Full Changelog: v1.52.0...v1.53.0