HPC Quick Setup
===============

This noteset is focused on addressing this one question:
How to quickly set up an HPC platform out of a number of servers?

We are collecting tools, how-tos, etc.



## Software

Several tools to consider:


### OpenHPC

https://openhpc.community/

OpenHPC project provides a lot of pre-built packages to install to
provide software & capabilities on HPC.


### Exascale Project

xSDK: Extreme-scale Scientific Software Development Kit

https://xsdk.info/




## Provisioning, Management, Orchestration

### Magic Castle

https://github.com/ComputeCanada/magic_castle

>   "Magic Castle uses the open-source software Terraform and HashiCorp
    Language (HCL) to define the virtual machines, volumes, and
    networks that are required to replicate a virtual HPC
    infrastructure."



## Services

### XCRI: XSEDE Cyberinfrastructure Resource Integration

https://www.xsede.org/ecosystem/xcri-mission