An IBM Cloud Schematics template to launch an HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster for FSS (Financial Services Sector) Tech Preview. Schematics uses Terraform as the infrastructure as code engine. With this template, you can provision and manage infrastructure as a single unit. See the Terraform provider docs for available resources for the IBM Cloud.
IMPORTANT
Due to legal requirement, we cannot provide product packages and entitlement in this template. You must either provide your own product packages and entitlement links, or use the IBM Spectrum Cluster evaluation packages and entitlement links from the following IBM URLs, and specify those values in uri_file_entitlement, uri_package_installer, uri_package_additional, uri_package_additional2 variables in the Variables section of your environment created using the hpc-fss-cluser template.
If you use the evaluation edition, after selecting "I agree" to the license and "Download using http" option, for each files listed below, right click "download now" and specify "Copy Link Address" to copy the download URL and then use that link address in the applicable uri_ variable field. For example, copy the link address for the IBM Spectrum Symphony evaluation edition entitlement file, and use it as the uri_file_entitlement variable value in the environment. Repeat the process for the required evaluation edition packages listed below. The evaluation edition links are unique for each user and are only valid for a few days):
If you use IBM Passport Advantage, use the corresponding urls instead. Note that the package name will not have the word "eval".
If you host your own web or ftp service to provide the packages and entitlement, use the corresponding urls instead.
Evaluation: IBM Spectrum Symphony latest (7.2.0.0): https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swerpzsw-symphony-3
uri_file_entitlement= "https://......./sym_adv_ev_entitlement.dat"uri_package_installer= "https://......./symeval-7.2.0.0_x86_64.bin"uri_package_additonal= "https://......./symdeeval-7.2.0.0_x86_64.bin"
Evaluation: IBM Spectrum CWS latest (2.2.0.0): https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-eipcfs
uri_file_entitlement= "https://......./cwseval_entitlement.dat"uri_package_installer= "https://......./cwseval-2.2.0.0_x86_64.bin"
Evaluation: IBM Spectrum LSF latest (10.1): https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swerpsysz-lsf-3&S_PKG=lsfv101
uri_file_entitlement= (no evaluation license provided, it is embedded. leave empty for evaluation edition)uri_package_installer= "https://......./lsf10.1_lsfinstall_linux_x86_64.tar.Z"uri_package_additional= "https://......./lsf10.1_linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64.tar."uri_package_additional2= (no package provided; does not support Ubuntu 1604 OS)
You can provide the package with a combination of the following options:
uri_package_installer(required) - The primary installer that launches Spectrum Computing cluster software. If you want to use a trial copy, use the above URL to request evaluation packages for the corresponding software.uri_package_additional(optional for CWS, required for Symphony Developer Edition, required for LSF) - A secondary installer that is used for Spectrum Computing Symphony Developer Edition or LSF Arch linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64 (centos7). If you want to use a trial copy, use the above URL to request evaluation packages for Symphony Developer Edition or LSF Arch linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64.uri_package_additonal2(optional for CWS and Symphony, required for LSF) - A secondary installer that is used for Spectrum Computing LSF Arch lnx310-glibc217-x86_64 (ubuntu1604). If you want to use a trial copy, use the above URL to request evaluation packages for LSF Arch lnx310-lib217-x86_64.
You can provide the entitlement with either of the following variables:
uri_file_entitlement- described above for evaluation entitlement.entitlement- A string value of the pasted entitlement content. If the entitlement contains multiple lines, you can paste line by line, adding\nto each line for now.
- IBM Spectrum Symphony/CWS/LSF Cluster on Schematics
- Supported Product Version: Symphony latest (7.2.0.0), CWS latest (2.2.0.0), LSF latest (10.1)
- Default Topology
- Usage
- Advanced Usage
- Community Contribution
- Release Notes
- Copyright
Review the following diagrams for the topology of default symphony, cws, and lsf clusters.
Environments can be used to separate software components into development tiers (e.g. staging, QA, and production).
- In IBM Cloud, go to the menu and select the Schematics dashboard.
- In the left navigation menu, select Templates to access the template catalog.
- Click Create on the hpc-fss-cluster template. You are taken to a configuration page where you can define metadata about your environment.
- Define values for your variables according to the following table.
- Set up IBM Cloud provider credentials on your local machine.
- Install the Terraform binary
- Install the IBM Cloud Provider Plugin.
- Follow the instructions at the IBM Cloud Provider for Terraform docs.
To run this project locally:
- Supply the required variable values in one of the following ways:
- via the command line
- in a
terraform.tfvarsfile - via environment variables
- Run
terraform plan. Terraform performs a dry run to show what resources will be created. - Run
terraform apply. Terraform creates and deploys resources to your environment.- You can see deployed infrastructure in IBM Cloud here.
- Run
terraform destroy. Terraform destroys all deployed resources in this environment.
| Variable Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| bluemix_api_key | Your IBM Cloud API key. You can get the value by running `bx iam api-key-create ``. | |
| cluster_admin | The administrator account of the cluster: egoadmin or lsfadmin. |
egoadmin |
| cluster_name | The name of the cluster. | mycluster |
| core_of_compute | The number of CPU cores to allocate to the compute server. | 1 |
| core_of_master | The number of CPU cores to allocate to the master server. | 2 |
| datacenter_bare_metal | The data center to create bare metal resources in. You can get the list by running bluemix cs locations. |
wdc04 |
| datacenter | The data center to create resources in. You can get the list by running bluemix cs locations. |
dal12 |
| domain_name | The name of the domain for the instance. | domain.com |
| entitlement | Entitlement content that enables use of the cluster software. | |
| fixed_config_preset | The bare metal hardware configuration. | S1270_32GB_2X960GBSSD_NORAID |
| hourly_billing_compute | The billing type for the instance. When set to true, the computing instance is billed on hourly usage. Otherwise, the instance is billed on a monthly basis. | true |
| hourly_billing_master | The billing type for the instance. When set to true, the master node is billed on hourly usage. Otherwise, the instance is billed on a monthly basis. | true |
| master_failover | Specifies whether or not HA is enabled for master nodes. | false |
| master_use_bare_metal | If set to true, bare metal masters are created. If set to false, VM masters are created. |
false |
| memory_in_mb_compute | The amount of memory (in Mb) to allocate to the compute server. | 4096 |
| memory_in_mb_master | The amount of memory (in Mb) to allocate to the master server. | 8192 |
| network_speed_compute | The network interface speed for the compute nodes. | 1000 |
| network_speed_master | The network interface speed for the master nodes. | 1000 |
| number_of_compute_bare_metal | The number of bare metal compute nodes to deploy. | 0 |
| number_of_compute | The number of VM compute nodes to deploy. | 2 |
| number_of_dehost | The number of development nodes to depoy. | 1 |
| os_reference_bare_metal | An operating system reference code that is used to provision the bare metal server. | UBUNTU_16_64 |
| os_reference | An operating system reference code that is used to provision the cluster nodes. Get a complete list of the OS reference codes available (use your API key as the password to log in). | CENTOS_7_64 |
| post_install_script_uri | The URI for the deployment script. | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBMSpectrumComputing/spectrum-schematics-cluster/master/scripts/ibm_spectrum_computing_deploy.sh |
| prefix_compute_bare_metal | The hostname prefix for bare metal compute nodes. | bmcompute |
| prefix_compute | The hostname prefix for compute nodes. | compute |
| prefix_dehost | The hostname prefix for Symphony development nodes. | dehost |
| prefix_master | The hostname prefix for the master server. | master |
| product | The cluster product to deploy: symphony, cws, or lsf. |
symphony |
| softlayer_api_key | Your IBM Cloud Infrastructure (SoftLayer) API key. | |
| softlayer_username | Your IBM Cloud Infrastructure (SoftLayer) user name. | |
| ssh_key_label | An identifying label to assign to the SSH key. | ssh_compute_key |
| ssh_key_note | A description to assign to the SSH key. | ssh key for cluster hosts |
| ssh_public_key | The public key contents for the SSH keypair to access cluster nodes. | |
| uri_file_entitlement | The URL to the entitlement file for the software product. | |
| uri_package_additional | The URL to the product package supplement file. | |
| uri_package_additional2 | The URL to an additional product package supplement file. | |
| uri_package_installer | The URL to the product package installation file. | |
| use_intranet | Specifies whether the cluster resolves hostnames with intranet or internet IP addresses. | true |
| version | The version of the cluster product: latest, 7.2.0.0, 2.2.0.0, or 10.1. |
latest |
Use standalone ibm-cloud-provider and Terraform to deploy bare metal servers. Since datacenter and fixed_config_preset must be specified and there is no guarantee of availability, you may need to try several different values.
You can use D2620V4_128GB_2X800GB_SSD_RAID_1_K80_GPU2 as a GPU preset.
When deploying bare metal servers, these variables can be especially useful:
- master_use_bare_metal - If set to
true, bare metal masters are created. If set tofalse, VM masters are created. - number_of_compute_bare_metal - The number of bare metal compute nodes to deploy.
- datacenter_bare_metal - The data center to create resources in. You can get the list by running
bluemix cs locations. - os_reference_bare_metal - An operating system reference code that is used to provision the bare metal server.
Community contributions to this repository must follow the IBM Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO) process. Contributions can only through GitHub pull requests:
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Contributor proposes new code to community through a pull request.
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Contributor signs off on contributions by attaching the DCO to ensure contributor is either the code originator or has rights to publish. The template of the DCO is included in this package.
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IBM SpectrumComputing reviews the contribution to check for: i) Applicability and relevancy of functional content ii) Any obvious issues
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If accepted, the contribution is merged. If rejected, the contribution goes back to contributor and is not merged.
- add option to create and specify private vlan for vm instances
- ssh_private_key no longer needed for bare metal deployment
- add paramters for evaluation clusters:
- uri_file_entitlement
- uri_package_installer
- uri_package_additonal
- uri_package_additional2
- Boost version to 0.4 to catchup provider version
- Support symphony, cws and lsf deployment
- Support both CENTOS_7_64 and UBUNTU_16_64
- Bare metal support (experimental)
- never create bare metals with the same hostname and domainname in the same day even after destroy
- bare metal creation require to specify datacenter and preset fixed config, no guarantee of availability
- master_use_bare_metal or number_of_compute_bare_metal
- This is the first release from IBM Spectrum Computing.
- Create centos based symphony 7.2.0.0 virtual machines on SoftLayer using Schematics.
- Required variables
- entitlement
- ibm_bmx_api_key
- ibm_sl_username, ibm_sl_api_key
- ssh_public_key
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