Generally available: Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.0
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CycleCloud 8.2.0 is now available. This release contains the integration with Microsoft HPC Pack and a considerable list of resolved issues. Please review the list in detail below.
### **New Features:**
* New [PBS Autoscale project](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/openpbs?view=cyclecloud-8) provides more flexibility and insight into decisions via powerful azpbs cli
* CycleCloud now supports [Microsoft HPC Pack](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/hpcpack?view=cyclecloud-8).
* CycleCloud now includes a new [cluster-cost API](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/api?view=cyclecloud-8#get-usage-and-optional-cost-information-for-a-cluster)
* VMs are now tagged with the nodearray as well as the cluster, for [nodearray-based cost tracking](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/concepts/usage-tracking?view=cyclecloud-8)
* CycleCloud now supports Disk Encryption with Customer Managed Keys for OS (Boot Volume) and Data Disks.
* SGE/UGE now supports Ubuntu 18
* Univa GridEngine is now [Altair GridEngine](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/gridengine?view=cyclecloud-8)
### **Resolved Issues:**
* An elevation-of-privilege vulnerability existed for a user with access to CycleCloud [(CVE-2021-33762)](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-33762)
* Some files in `JETPACK_HOME` had incorrect permissions allowing non-group readers
* Mitigated an XXE vulnerability in the REST API [(CVE-2021-36943)](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36943)
* Every CycleCloud head node would get the same computer name by default
* Logging messages from nodes were grouped together incorrectly on the Events page
* The Event Grid connection feature did not work with more than one credential installed
* CycleCloud would fail to start if EventGrid was enabled while credentials lacked EventGrid permissions
* Jetpack installations failed on Windows 2019.
* Overprovisioned VMs would show `jetpackd` errors while awaiting registration in CycleCloud HPC Pack cluster did not offer ReturnProxy
* CycleCloud would show a spurious `NullPointerException` error when using SSD-based OS disks
* `cyclecloud project upload` would sometimes fail when checking for the prior existence of a file in Azure Storage
* Jetpack would not return an error when projects referenced in the cluster did not exist in storage
* Removed invalid LICENSE file from LSF project.
* Removed code that triggered an SELinux error with SGE on EL8 platforms.
* In some cases, nodes would be stuck waiting for spot eviction to complete
* Editing node properties in the UI would fail when a cloud-init script was defined
* LSF was leaving orphaned nodes.
* Jetpack installation could sometimes be halted by a rate-limited metadata server
* The custom settings for a graph on the cluster page were reverted when the page auto-refreshed
* Network metrics collected were incorrectly treating rates as bytes transferred
* Spot evictions detected in advance by CycleCloud were not labeled as spot-eviction as the reason in Event Grid
* Nodes that encountered certain errors while starting would get stuck in Acquiring state
* Keyboard navigation was broken.
* Quota consumption for limited-core HBv3 variants was treated as the limited count, not 120 cores
* Core-limited SKUs (eg, HB120-32v3) did not show prices
* SSD disks used the wrong price for sizes exactly between two levels
* Upgraded default Slurm install to 20.11.7
* Updated embedded `azcopy` to v10.11.0
[Read the release notes](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/release-notes/8-2-0?view=cyclecloud-8)[.](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/release-notes/8-2-0?view=cyclecloud-8)
* Azure CycleCloud
* Features
* [ Azure CycleCloud](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/features/azure-cyclecloud/)
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