Release Version v0.2.1 Evolved!

We have been kept on developing HPC-NOW. This pre-release combines several efforts:

1. Introduced the interactive mode, now you can add -i to hpcopr to enter the interactive mode.
2. A more powerful HPC app store. Now you can specify and configure the backend locations. The locations can be http, ftp, or local directories.
3. Enhanced security: when adding a new cluster or setting password to a cluster user, the complexity of the password will be checked.
4. Fixed several known bugs.

Any fork, build, test, and issues are welcome.

HPC-NOW Services v0.2.1 Released!

HPC-NOW Services v0.2.1 Released!

Changelog

1. Multi-cloud, multi-cluster management: with this version, users can easily create and manage HPC clusters on 7 public clouds, including AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Baidu BCE, and Google Cloud Platform.
2. HPC user management: you can create/enable/disable/delete users, as well as set passwords.
3. Powerful HPC Appstore: with the appman command, users can easily deploy/compile/remove 10+ HPC apps, including GROMACS, OpenFOAM, Lammps, WRF, etc.
4. Data transfer and management: with the dataman command, users can transfer data between local and cloud in a very easy and unified way.
5. HPC Job management: users can submit and manage their jobs by the jobman command.
6. Stay connected with the clusters: users can connect to their clusters through SSH or RDP with just one command.

How-To

1. Download the tarball named 'hpc-now_0.2.1_xxx' to your device.
2. Unzip the tarball to a folder/directory.
3. Change to the folder/directory
4. Install:
   a) For Windows users: Please open a Command Prompt "as administrator" (VERY IMPORTANT), and run the command:
   .\installer-win-0.2.1.exe install --hloc hpcopr-win-0.2.1.exe --cloc now-crypto-win.exe
   b) For GNU/Linux users: Please open a Terminal, and run the command:
   sudo ./installer-lin-0.2.1.exe install --hloc hpcopr-lin-0.2.1.exe --cloc now-crypto-lin.exe
   c) For macOS users: Please open the Terminal, and run the command:
   sudo ./installer-dwn-0.2.1.exe install --hloc hpcopr-dwn-0.2.1.exe --cloc now-crypto-dwn.exe

If you encounter any problems, please submit issues to this repository, or email us.