The Qlustar releases 12.0.0.2-b531f1351 and 11.0.1.6-b533f1350 are ready
including a number of security/bug fixes and improvements. Please check
the following web pages for details about security fixes and special
update instructions:
https://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0320211-linux-kernel-vulnerabilitieshttps://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0320212-security-update-bundle
The following non-security related enhancements/bug fixes are included:
For 12.0 only:
- QluMan 12.0.1.0
* Add support for home directories on servers other than the head-node
* Network FS mounts: respect Network Override
* Improve saving of window geometries
* Allow cluster commands to execute on headnodes and show correct
execute-on in ExecuteWidget
* Fix exception when importing a newly generated auth token
* NetworkConfigWidget: Adjust column sizes
* Nameservices: add group membership to passwd-sync method
* Nameservices: fix permission of sssd.conf on updates
* RxEngine: Fix kill/redo button in tabs
- Set Infiniband node_desc to the node's hostname on nodes with IB
adapters. This allows for better IB fabric analysis.
- Prevent motd to display twice upon login on CentOS 8.
The Qlustar releases 12.0.0.1-b528f1339 and 11.0.1.5-b527f1338/40 are ready
including a number of security and bug fixes. Please check the following
web pages for details about security fixes and special update instructions:
https://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0118211-linux-kernel-vulnerabilitieshttps://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0118212-security-update-bundlehttps://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0118213-security-update-bundle
The following non-security related enhancements/bug fixes are included:
Both 11.0 and 12.0 update to
- The latest Nvidia graphics drivers 460.32.03 supporting recently
introduced Nvidia hardware.
- The latest ZFS 0.8.6 fixing a memory management bug.
Fixes for 12.0 only:
- QluMan 12.0.0.39
* Detect IB nics with names other than ib[0-9]
* Fix preserving minimized/maximized state for windows
* Fix cloning of "Network FS Mounts" configs
* Fix kernel options editor for "Network FS Mounts" configs
The Qlustar team wishes you all the best for the new year and is pleased to
announce the immediate availability of Qlustar 12.0.0 for download [1]. It
updates Qlustar's core platform to current Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The CentOS [2]
edge platforms remain based on 7.9 (with integrated OpenHPC [3] 1.3.9) and
8.3 (OpenHPC 2).
The highlight of this release is the move to LDAP as the user and group name
service, replacing the NIS setup used earlier. A fully configured LDAP
instance is created at installation time. Net-boot nodes may directly
authenticate users against this instance or use conveniently synced flat
passwd/group files when scalability is critical.
QluMan has a new optional component [4] to manage the Qlustar LDAP instance.
It consists of a User and Group Management interface, as well as a powerful
tool to import users/groups from passwd-like flat files.
The second major new QluMan feature is the ability for easy and clean
integration of external LDAP or Active Directory services with the new
Nameservice Providers [5] and Nameservice Configs [6] dialogs.
Finally, the QluMan GUI has been ported to the current QT 5 toolkit. This was
a huge 'under the hood' effort that ensures the long-term maintainability of
QluMan and also improves its stability.
Highlights among the various major component updates include Kernel 5.4.x,
Slurm 20.02.x, CUDA 11.0, ZFS 0.8.5 and BeeGFS 7.2. Please read the release
notes [7] for more details.
[1] https://www.qlustar.com/download
[2] https://www.centos.org/
[3] https://openhpc.community/
[4] https://docs.qlustar.com/Qlustar/12.0/ClusterOS/qluman-guide/components/lda…
[5] https://docs.qlustar.com/Qlustar/12.0/ClusterOS/qluman-guide/Cluster-Networ…
[6] https://docs.qlustar.com/Qlustar/12.0/ClusterOS/qluman-guide/Config-Classes…
[7] https://docs.qlustar.com/Qlustar/12.0/ClusterOS/release-notes.html
The Qlustar team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
OpenHPC 2.0 [1] on top of CentOS 8.3 as an update to Qlustar 11. You can
migrate your existing images and chroots to this new release in the
usual way [1]. New ones can be generated via QluMan.
Note that the disappearance of CentOS [3] as we knew it in the past,
will not have a negative impact on Qlustar users running CentOS based
nodes. There will be a simple migration path to whatever new RHEL
compatible distribution will turn out to be the best choice at the end
of 2021. Migration will involve nothing more than a usual Qlustar
security update.
[1] https://openhpc.community/openhpc-2-0-released/
[2] https://docs.qlustar.com/en-US/Qlustar_Cluster_OS/11.0/html-single/Administ…
[3] https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/
The Qlustar releases 11.0.1.2-b522f1305 and 10.1.1.15-b521f1304 are ready
including a number of security and bug fixes. Please check the following
web pages for details about security fixes and special update instructions:
https://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0821201-linux-kernel-vulnerabilitieshttps://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0821202-security-update-bundle
The following non-security related enhancements/bug fixes are included:
+ Fixes
- The package openmpi-bin was not installable. This is fixed in an
updated version.
The Qlustar releases 11.0.1.1-b519f1302 and 10.1.1.14-b521f1301 are ready
including a number of security and bug fixes. Please check the following
web pages for details about security fixes and special update instructions:
https://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0715201-linux-kernel-vulnerabilitieshttps://qlustar.com/news/qsa-0715202-security-update-bundle
The following non-security related enhancements/bug fixes are included:
* Qlustar 11.0.1.1-b519f1302 updates to/adds
+ the latest Lustre LTS release 2.12.5
+ the latest Nvidia graphics drivers 440.100 supporting recently introduced
Nvidia hardware
+ Several Nvidia GPU metrics (temperature, load, fan) were added to Ganglia
+ Fixes
- QluMan
> Improve slurm job information updates on busy head-nodes
> Allow multiple networks for external hosts in Filesystem Mounts
> Fix exceptions when editing properties
- GPU detection (possibly missing /dev/nvidia-uvm on hardware with
many GPUs)
- NIS was failing in certain situations due to wrong /etc/hosts
The Qlustar team is happy to announce the immediate availability of Qlustar
11.0.1 for download [1]. This minor release has two new features: a) Full
UEFI support for the Qlustar installer and PXE booting of nodes. b) The move
to CentOS 7.8 as the new supported minor CentOS 7 version.
The Qlustar installer now transparently supports installation on legacy PC
BIOS hardware as well as machines running under UEFI. If you have the choice,
we recommend using the UEFI mode on your hardware.
Our PXE booting mechanism has been doubly revamped: Firstly, we use GRUB as
the boot loader now per default and secondly, we fully support UEFI based
hardware transparently. So it will not matter whether your hardware runs
under UEFI or PC BIOS, it should just boot fine, once registered correctly
under QluMan. Reverting to booting with PXELINUX on PC BIOS machines is
supported if needed/desired.
Please follow the special update instructions [2] of the latest security
announcements when updating and if you use QluMan singularity images, make
sure you download [3] the latest version.
This is the last feature addition to Qlustar 11. We now work at full steam on
the Qlustar 12 release based on Ubuntu 20.04 and scheduled for some time
later this year.
[1] https://www.qlustar.com/download
[2] https://www.qlustar.com/news/qsa-0527201-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities
[3] https://www.qlustar.com/download