2.3.0

Please see the Change Log for a full list of changes since 2.2.0.

Please see issue #3 and #5 regarding deprecation of 1.1.0 and 2.0.0 backend docker images used by Batch Shipyard.

2.2.0

Please see the Change Log for a full list of changes since 2.1.0.

Please see issue #3 and #5 regarding deprecation of 1.1.0 and 2.0.0 backend docker images used by Batch Shipyard.

2.1.0

Please see the Change Log for a full list of changes since 2.0.0.

Please see issue #3 and #5 regarding deprecation of 1.1.0 and 2.0.0 backend docker images used by Batch Shipyard.

2.0.0

Please see the ChangeLog for a full list of changes since 2.0.0rc3.

Upgrade Note:

Please see the installation doc for more information regarding upgrades and Windows and Mac platforms.

2.0.0rc3

Please see the ChangeLog for a full list of changes since 2.0.0rc2.

Upgrade Note:

As of 2.0.0rc2, Batch Shipyard comes with an install.sh script for Linux users. Executing this script will ensure all requisite software is installed and will generate a convenience shipyard script. Please see the installation doc for more information regarding upgrades and Windows and Mac platforms.

2.0.0rc2

Please see the ChangeLog for a full list of changes since 2.0.0rc1.

Upgrade Note:

As of 2.0.0rc2, Batch Shipyard comes with an install.sh script for Linux users. Executing this script will ensure all requisite software is installed and will generate a convenience shipyard script. Please see the installation doc for more information including those on Windows and Mac.

2.0.0rc1

Please see the ChangeLog for a full list of changes.

If upgrading, after git pull or downloading the release, please run:
pip install --upgrade --user -r requirements.txt

1.1.0

Added

• Transparent Infiniband assist for SUSE SLES-HPC 12-SP1 image
• Add version for shipyard.py script
• NAMD-GPU, OpenFOAM-Infiniband-IntelMPI, Torch-CPU, Torch-GPU recipes

Changed

• GlusterFS mountpoint is now within $AZ_BATCH_NODE_SHARED_DIR so files can
  be viewed/downloaded with Batch APIs
• NAMD-Infiniband-IntelMPI recipe now contains a real Docker image link

Fixed

• GlusterFS not properly starting on Ubuntu

Please see ChangeLog for full details about changes.

1.0.0

Added

• Automated GlusterFS support
• Added configdir argument for convenience in loading configuration files,
  please see the usage documentation for more details
• Ability to retrieve files from live compute nodes in addition to streaming
• Added filespec argument for non-interactive streamfile and gettaskfile
  actions
• Added .gitattributes to designate Unix line-endings for text files
• Sample configuration files for each recipe
• Caffe-CPU, OpenFOAM-TCP-OpenMPI, TensorFlow-CPU, TensorFlow-Distributed
  recipes

Changed

• Updated configuration docs to detail which properties are required vs. those
  that are optional
• SSH tunnel user is now added with a default expiry time of 7 days which can
  be modified through the pool configuration file
• Configuration is not output to console by default, -v flag added for
  verbose output
• Determinstic remote login settings output (node, ip, port) that can be
  easily parsed
• Update Azurefile Docker Volume Driver plugin to 0.5.1

Fixed

• Cascade (container-only) start issue with no private registry
• Non-shipyard docker image node prep with new azure-storage package
• Inter-node communication not specified key error on addpool
• Cross-platform fixes:
  • Temp file creation used for environment variables
  • SSH tunnel creation disabled on Windows if public key is not supplied
• Batch Shipyard Docker container not getting cleaned up if peer-to-peer is
  disabled

Removed

• gpu:nvidia_driver:version property removed from pool configuration
  and is no longer required as the version is now automatically detected

Please see ChangeLog for full details on changes.

0.2.0

Added

• Transparent GPU support for Azure N-Series VMs
• New recipes added: Caffe-GPU, CNTK-CPU-OpenMPI, CNTK-GPU-OpenMPI,
  FFmpeg-GPU, NAMD-Infiniband-IntelMPI, NAMD-TCP, TensorFlow-GPU

Changed

• Multi-instance tasks now automatically complete their job by default. This
  removes the need to run the cleanmijobs action in the shipyard tool.
  Please refer to the
  multi-instance documentation
  for more information and limitations.
• Dumb back-off policy for DHT router convergence
• Optimzed Docker image storage location for Azure VMs
• Prompts added for destructive operations in the shipyard tool

Fixed

• Incorrect file location of node prep finished
• Blocking wait for global resource on pool can now be disabled
• Incorrect process call to query for docker image size when peer-to-peer
  transfer is disabled
• Use azure-storage 0.33.0 to fix Edm.Int64 overflow issue

Please see ChangeLog for full details on changes.