HPC Cluster Automation Framework

An end-to-end automation framework for deploying and managing high-performance computing clusters.

Overview

This project provides Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deploying HPC clusters with Slurm workload manager, monitoring stack, and automated configuration management.

Features

Automated Deployment: One-command cluster deployment
Configuration Management: Ansible playbooks for node configuration
Monitoring: Integrated Prometheus and Grafana dashboards
Scalability: Easy addition/removal of compute nodes
Security: Hardened configurations and network isolation

Architecture

The framework consists of:

Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning
Ansible playbooks for configuration management
Slurm for workload management
Monitoring stack for cluster health

Tech Stack

Terraform
Ansible
Slurm
Prometheus & Grafana
Python
Bash

Key Components

Infrastructure Provisioning

Terraform modules handle:

Network configuration
Compute node deployment
Storage setup
Load balancer configuration

Configuration Management

Ansible automates:

OS hardening
Slurm installation and configuration
User management
Monitoring agent deployment

Monitoring

Real-time monitoring of:

Node health
Job queue status
Resource utilization
System metrics

Usage

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/lunajose/hpc-automation

# Deploy cluster
terraform init
terraform apply

# Configure nodes
ansible-playbook -i inventory site.yml

Future Enhancements

GPU node support
Multi-cloud deployment
Advanced scheduling policies
Cost optimization features

Conclusion

This framework significantly reduces the time and complexity of deploying production-ready HPC clusters.