v1.27.0: Spack support for non-root users

What's Changed

Key New Features 🎉

• Perform spack and ramble actions with system user by @nick-stroud in #2052

New Modules 🧱

• Tutorial for FSI VaR MonteCarlo by @jrossthomson in #1874

Module Improvements 🔨

• Making CloudSQL to use internal IP address instead of external for Slurm Accounting DB. by @ek-nag in #1795
• OFE: Various new features and fixes. by @ek-nag in #2040
• Disable firewall rule logging by default by @tpdownes in #2057
• Slurm6. Add support for enable_slurm_gcp_plugins by @mr0re1 in #2066
• Support explicit reserved_ip_range for Filestore instances by @tpdownes in #2072
• Adopt gcloud storage over gsutil by default by @tpdownes in #2075
• Skip upgrade of wheel/setuptools if already installed by @tpdownes in #2074
• Support use of http/https proxy for pip/apt/yum package managers by @tpdownes in #2079

Improvements 🛠

• Creation of script to check upcoming maintenance on nodes by @cdunbar13 in #1977
• Add documentation how to use max_hops plugin by @nick-stroud in #1983
• Add Zonal with lower capacity band support for filestore instance by @harshthakkar01 in #1982
• Add codespell: workflow, by @yarikoptic in #1888
• Update slurm modules to point to fork by @mr0re1 in #2009
• Document permissions around manual usage of Spack installation by @nick-stroud in #2015
• Front End Deployment Changes by @max-nag in #1895
• vm-instance is now able to use a service account by @nick-stroud in #2051

Version Updates ⏫

• OFE: Spack upgrade to v0.21.0 by @ek-nag in #2004

Bug fixes 🐞

• Fix local SSD example by @tpdownes in #2026

New Contributors

• @yarikoptic made their first contribution in #1888
• @fustic made their first contribution in #2041

Full Changelog: v1.26.1...v1.27.0