ParallelCluster in CDK

Example deployment using the CFn custom resource functionality added to ParallelCluster in version 3.6.0.

The file config.json provides a convenient location to store and update variables which might be used throughout the app.

Configuration parameters used by default:

• label: Used to name the ParallelCluster deployment stack
• key_name: The name given to the SSH key when added to your account
• key_material: The contents of the SSH public key you want to add for use with ParallelCluster
• parameter_root: Prefix for SSM parameters deployed by the solution
• trusted_cidr: IP range added to the ParallelCluster controller security group ingress rule

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Update the local.env file to include the account/region you wish to deploy to, and the app config file you want to target for deployment
3. Run source local.env to make account/region environment variables available to CDK
4. Follow the official CDK documentation to make the target account/region ready for CDK deployment (cdk bootstrap)
5. Update the config file (config.json by default) to reflect changes to the configuration you would like to make
6. Deploy the cluster and its supporting infrastructure (VPC, storage etc) with cdk deploy
7. Verify that the cluster is accessible via SSH/SSM, and that mount points are working correctly
8. When finished, remove the cluster and its supporting infrastructure using cdk destroy

Architecture