SOCA Integration
Scale Out Computing on AWS (SOCA) is an AWS solution that was the basis for the Research and Engineering Studion (RES) service. Unless you are already a SOCA user, it is highly recommended that you use RES, which is a fully supported AWS service.
Integration with SOCA is straightforward.
Set the following parameters in your config file.
| Parameter | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| VpcId | VPC id for the SOCA cluster | vpc-xxxxxx |
| slurm/SlurmCtl/AdditionalSecurityGroups | Security group ids that give desktop instances access to the head node and that give the head node access to VPC resources such as file systems. | |
| slurm/InstanceConfig/AdditionalSecurityGroups | Security group ids that give desktop instances access to the compute nodes and that give compute nodes access to VPC resources such as file systems. | |
| ExtraMounts | Add the mount parameters for the /apps and /data directories. This is required for access to the home directory. |
Deploy your slurm cluster.
Connect to the SOCA Scheduler instance and follow the instructions to Create users_groups.json.
Connect to a remote desktop instance and follow the instructions in Configure submission hosts to use the cluster. If all users need to use the cluster then it is probably best to create a custom AMI that is configured with the configuration commands.
You are now ready to run jobs from your SOCA desktop.