HPC Cloud Updates WE 05 May 2024
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
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AWS
Need a TPM for cloud VMs. NitroTPM now available via API
AWS announces a new Amazon EC2 API to retrieve the public endorsement key from NitroTPM
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AMI management just got a little easier. You can now tell which AMIs were last used to launch EC2 instances
Amazon EC2 simplifies visibility into your active AMIs
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and you can stop them getting deregistered too
Amazon EC2 now protects your AMIs from accidental deregistration
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Azure
Using Azure Autoscale? Need email notifications? Better read this:
Action needed: Update Azure Autoscale Notifications to using additional email addresses for notifications | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Azure Classic roles will be retired by 31st August, 2024 – transition to using only additional email addresses for Azure Autoscale Notifications as Azure Autoscale is dependent on the Azure Classic Roles.
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GCP
All quiet on the HPC front again this week at Google.