v1.13.0: HCLS Example Blueprint, New Chrome Remote Desktop Module, & Image Building Improvements

[nick-stroud]

Key New Features

• New Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) example running GROMACS on GPUs.
• New experimental chrome-remote-desktop module creates a GPU accelerated virtual machine that can be accessed using Chrome Remote Desktop.
• Improvements to custom-image so startup script failures now result in a failed build and several additional features.

Other Improvements

• vm_instance: Scope changed to cloud-platform.

Version updates

• install-htcondor: Update HTCondor release to current 10.x series.
• Slurm on GCP updated to version 5.4.1 (PR).
• Google Terraform Provider pinned to version 4.51.0 and will be bumped with each future release.

What's Changed

• Improve expandVariables error message by @thiagosgobe in Improve expandVariables error message #838
• Use keyword must be explicit across groups by @tpdownes in Use keyword must be explicit across groups #852
• Improve unit test coverage of config package by @tpdownes in Improve unit test coverage of config package #857
• Add security vulnerability reporting policy by @heyealex in Add security vulnerability reporting policy #853
• Update HTCondor release to current 10.x series by @tpdownes in Update HTCondor release to current 10.x series #856
• Update varReference implementation and usage by @tpdownes in Update varReference implementation and usage #858
• Remote desktop module - CRD baseline by @saltysoup in Remote desktop module - CRD baseline #811
• Bump SchedMD community v5 modules to 5.4.1 from 5.4.0 by @SkylerMalinowski in Bump SchedMD community v5 modules to 5.4.1 from 5.4.0 #862
• Add name_prefix to chrome-remote-desktop by @nick-stroud in Add name_prefix to chrome-remote-desktop #863
• Change vm-instance scope to cloud-platform to follow scopes best practice by @nick-stroud in Change vm-instance scope to cloud-platform to follow scopes best practice #864
• Update pre-commit hooks by @tpdownes in Update pre-commit hooks #866
• Adopt Packer googlecompute plugin 1.1.0 by @tpdownes in Adopt Packer googlecompute plugin 1.1.0 #867
• Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.15.1 to 1.18.0 by @dependabot in Bump cloud.google.com/go/compute from 1.15.1 to 1.18.0 #865
• main to develop for release of 1.12.0 by @cboneti in main to develop for release of 1.12.0 #872
• Improve Packer module by @tpdownes in Improve Packer module #870
• Pinning Google terraform provider to 4.51.0 by @cboneti in Pinning Google terraform provider to 4.51.0 #875
• Eliminate warnings and align variable naming by @tpdownes in Eliminate warnings and align variable naming #873
• Adds HCLS Blueprint and deploy instructions by @nick-stroud in Adds HCLS Blueprint and deploy instructions #871
• Rename comment sections to align with architecture naming by @nick-stroud in Rename comment sections to align with architecture naming #879
• Improve readability of useModule by @tpdownes in Improve readability of useModule #877
• Add links to hybrid docs from other modules by @heyealex in Add links to hybrid docs from other modules #876
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.108.0 to 0.109.0 by @dependabot in Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.108.0 to 0.109.0 #884
• Bump github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0 by @dependabot in Bump github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0 #883
• Bump django from 3.2.16 to 3.2.17 in /community/front-end/ofe by @dependabot in Bump django from 3.2.16 to 3.2.17 in /community/front-end/ofe #881
• Bump cryptography from 36.0.1 to 39.0.1 in /community/front-end/ofe by @nick-stroud in Bump cryptography from 36.0.1 to 39.0.1 in /community/front-end/ofe #914
• Bump oauthlib from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 in /community/front-end/ofe by @nick-stroud in Bump oauthlib from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 in /community/front-end/ofe #915
• Rolling version to 1.13.0 by @nick-stroud in Rolling version to 1.13.0 #921
• Release v1.13.0 by @nick-stroud in Release v1.13.0 #916

New Contributors

• @saltysoup made their first contribution in Remote desktop module - CRD baseline #811

Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.13.0

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