HPC RSE Meeting Notes: 26 May 2020

28 Attendees

Actions

  • (AndyT/JamesG) Look at organising online event to bring workflow tool developers together with HPC RSEs to explore the space and how these tools can be enabled in MFA world.
  • (AndyT) Propose SocRSE online event on online training this year to SocRSE trustees
    • Proposed, will see what happens
    • CarpentryCon@Home will also be covering this (see below for deatils)
  • (AndyT) Suggest that ExCALIBUR run a webinar to bring community up to date with the project

Topics of interest

Security on HPC systems

National HPC RSE Updates

ARCHER/ARCHER2/Cirrus/DiRAC, EPCC

Isambard, GW4

  • Isambard was taken offline due to the incident.
    • No evidence of access/escalation
    • Continued to churn through jobs until Wednesday morning when straggling jobs were purged and patching began
    • ARM component returned to service with scrambled passwords and forced ssh key changes as per ARCHER advice
    • These have to be updated manually
    • ‘MACS’ resistant to change remain offline while patching completed
  • Developed security page for Intro to HPC/HPC Carpentry, appears to have developed into a workshop lesson in its own right:

Upcoming training, events and meetings

  • ARCHER2 Training: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training
    • ARCHER2 eCSE Webinar Wednesday 27th May 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
    • ARCHER2 Outreach webinar, Online, Wednesday 3rd June 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
    • ExCALIBUR - an algorithmic approach to exascale design, webinar, Online, Wednesday 10th June 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 BST
    • Software Packages in HPC with Spack and EasyBuild webinar, Online, Wednesday 17th June 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST
  • CarpentryCon@Home

Date of next meeting

1400 UK Time, TBC June 2020