Flight Solo

The goal was to create a platform-agnostic HPC image that enables users to quickly deploy complete, ready-to-use HPC environments across different cloud platforms.

What was done

Developed Flight Solo using an HPC-optimised Rocky Linux 9 image, Cloud-Init and the preconfigured Flight Environment. Supported deployment across OpenStack, AWS and Azure, with the image also made available through the AWS Marketplace.

What was learnt

Learned how preconfigured cloud images and runtime configuration can simplify HPC deployment. Demonstrated how a consistent, reusable image can make HPC environments quicker to provision and more accessible to researchers.