v2.8

What's Changed

Improved GPU configuration/support

• Support automatic GRES configuration for NVIDIA GPUs by @sjpb in #820
• Add option to install nvidia-fabricmanager by @claudia-lola in #836
• Add support for GRES to ondemand apps by @sjpb in #837
• Adds bandwidth.yml playbook for NVIDIA nvbandwidth by @claudia-lola in #834
• Make eessi configure gpu node automatically by @claudia-lola in #841
• Bump CUDA to 13.0.2 and NVIDIA driver to 580.105.08 by @priteau in #823

Slurm configuration

• Bump OpenHPC role to v1.4.0 by @sjpb in #818. Adds:
  • Enable use of custom Slurm builds by @sjpb in stackhpc/ansible-role-openhpc#163
  • CI: Switch to latest rockylinux/rockylinux images by @priteau in stackhpc/ansible-role-openhpc#198
  • Add support for mpi.conf templating by @bertiethorpe in stackhpc/ansible-role-openhpc#201
• Bump OpenHPC role to v1.4.1 by @bertiethorpe in #822 - fixes mpi.conf templating

New/improved features

• Add support for InfiniBand interfaces to NHC by @sjpb in #821
• Add tool to set image properties by @sjpb in #829

Docs and other

• Improve pulp docs by @sjpb in #819
• Fix gpg check for cernvmfs installs by @bertiethorpe in #816
• Remove ansible-lint warnings by @bertiethorpe in #817
• Replace whitespace in NHC mount checks by @sjpb in #824
• Allow fixed ip lists to be longer than nodes list by @sjpb in #830
• Add retries to CI tofu apply by @bertiethorpe in #833
• Don't install hpl source during extra builds by @sjpb in #828
• Add docs for eessi by @claudia-lola in #827
• Fix ansible-ssh changes due to linting by @sjpb in #838
• Use Ark repofiles for additional repos by @bertiethorpe in #832
• Set image properties for CI image build and sync by @bertiethorpe in #839
• Run trivy scans on main, to help reporting by @JohnGarbutt in #842
• Describe buildenv in EESSI docs by @claudia-lola in #845

Full Changelog: v2.7...v2.8

Images

Two new images are available:

• RL8: openhpc-RL8-251119-1202-332ac921
• RL9: openhpc-RL9-251119-1202-332ac921