Document history for the AWS PCS User Guide

Updated the Slurm versions frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Slurm versions nearing or beyond end of life (EOL). For more information, see Frequently asked questions about Slurm versions in AWS PCS.

Learn how to get details for an AWS PCS compute node group, such as its ID, ARN, and AMI ID. For more information, see Get compute node group details in AWS PCS.

Updated the AMI topic for Slurm installer 24.05.7-1. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS.

Added internal non-adjustable quotas for the maximum number of compute node groups per cluster and the maximum number of queues per cluster. For more information, see Internal quotas.

Id is now TemplateId for the CustomLaunchTemplate property in the CloudFormation template. For more information, see Resources in Parts of a CloudFormation template for AWS PCS.

Added a new topic that describes the changes for each version of the AWS PCS agent. For more information, see AWS PCS agent versions.

Added more information to the Slurm versions topic that describes important support dates and detailed release notes for AWS PCS support for Slurm. For more information, see Slurm versions in AWS PCS.

Updated the AMI topic for AWS PCS agent 1.2.0-1. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS.

Added a topic to the user guide that provides an example of how to use AWS CloudFormation with AWS PCS. The topic provides a procedure to use a sample CloudFormation template to create the sample AWS PCS cluster, and briefly describes the sections of that template. For more information, see Get started with AWS CloudFormation and AWS PCS.

Updated the user guide for Slurm 24.05 support. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS and Release notes for AWS PCS sample AMIs.

Updated NVIDIA driver and CUDA versions in the Slurm 23.11 sample AMIs. For more information, see Release notes for AWS PCS sample AMIs.

Updated the AMI topic for Slurm installer 23.11.10-3. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS.

Updated the AMI topic for AWS PCS agent 1.1.1-1. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS.

Updated the AMI topic for AWS PCS agent 1.1.0-1 and Slurm installer 23.11.10-2. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS.

For more information, see Supported operating systems in AWS PCS.

We reorganized the user guide to bring topics to the top level, moved some topics to their own pages, and grouped similar topics together.

Updated the AMI topic for Slurm 23.11.10 and libjwt 17.0. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS and Step 3 – Install Slurm.

Simplified and corrected the release notes for AMIs. For more information, see Release notes for AWS PCS sample AMIs.

Added a topic that describes the KMS key policy required for encrypted EBS volumes in AWS PCS. For more information, see Required KMS key policy for use with encrypted EBS volumes in AWS PCS.

Updated AMI-related documentation to refer to AWS PCS agent version 1.0.1-1. For more information, see Software installers to build custom AMIs for AWS PCS and Step 2 – Install the AWS PCS agent.

Added a troubleshooting chapter with a topic about EC2 instances being automatically replaced after a reboot. For more information, see Troubleshooting problems in AWS Parallel Computing Service.

The ec2:DescribeInstanceTypeOfferings permission is now required for the CreateComputeNodeGroup and UpdateComputeNodeGroup API actions. For more information, see Minimum permissions for AWS PCS.

For more information, see Minimum permissions for a service administrator.

This was a correction to the documentation only. The actual managed policy wasn't changed. For more information, see AWS managed policies for AWS Parallel Computing Service.

For more information, see AWS managed policies for AWS Parallel Computing Service.