OpenFlightHPC User Suite

[ColonelPanics]

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Software Name

OpenFlightHPC User Suite

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Public URL

The suite consists of:

• https://github.com/openflighthpc/flight-runway
• https://github.com/openflighthpc/flight-starter
• https://github.com/openflighthpc/flight-env
• https://github.com/openflighthpc/flight-desktop

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Technical Overview

The OpenFlightHPC User Suite would both compliment and introduce new functionality to the OpenHPC project.

The user suite provides:

• A portable, self-contained Ruby environment (flight-runway)
• Command entrypoint to subsequent add-on tools (flight-runway)
• A tool for managing the state of the Flight environment (flight-starter)
• A tool for creating and managing local and global software environments (flight-env)
• A tool for creating and managing virtual VNC desktops (flight-desktop)

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Latest stable version number

• Flight Runway 1.0.2
• Flight Starter 1.2.1
• Flight Env 1.2.4
• Flight Desktop 1.1.3

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Open-source license type

Eclipse Public License 2.0

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Relationship to component?

• contributing developer
• user
• other

If other, please describe:

Project lead & contributor

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Build system

• autotools-based
• CMake
• other

If other, please describe:

• If installing from source, bundle install with Ruby
• If creating RPMs, build with Omnibus, a repository of the omnibus recipes is located at https://github.com/openflighthpc/openflight-omnibus-builder

Does the current build system support staged path installations?
For example: make install DESTIR=/tmp/foo (or equivalent)

• yes
• no

Currently there is some limitation to installation location being restricted to /opt/flight.

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Does component run in user space or are administrative credentials required?

• user space
• admin

Optional extra functionality is available for root user (e.g. global/shared software manager installation)

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Does component require post-installation configuration.

• yes
• no

If yes, please describe briefly:

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If component is selected, are you willing and able to collaborate with OpenHPC maintainers during the integration process?

• yes
• no

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Does the component include test collateral (e.g. regression/verification tests) in the publicly shipped source?

• yes
• no

If yes, please briefly describe the intent and location of the tests.

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Does the component have additional software dependencies (beyond compilers/MPI) that are not part of standard Linux distributions?

• yes
• no

If yes, please list the dependencies and associated licenses.

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Does the component include online or installable documentation?

• yes
• no

If available online, please provide URL.

• The command flight info shows limited documentation for the CLI tools themselves
• The site https://use.openflighthpc.org provides in-depth documentation for using, utilising and enhancing the environment

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[Optional]: Would you like to receive additional review feedback by email?

• yes
• no

[koomie]

Sorry for the delay on this - we got sidetracked focusing on 2.x work and are revisiting open software requests now.