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Expert knowledge for Azure CycleCloud development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating CycleCloud via API/CLI/SDK, configuring Slurm clusters, tuning HB

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Azure CycleCloud Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure CycleCloud. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL36-L45Diagnosing and fixing CycleCloud setup, cluster/node startup, VM health, Slurm 4 issues, and locating/logging detailed diagnostics for common errors.
Best PracticesL46-L51Security hardening guidance for CycleCloud (identity, networking, data) and performance tuning of HB/HC-series HPC clusters (sizing, configs, optimization).
Decision MakingL52-L62Guidance on planning/sizing CycleCloud HPC clusters, Slurm workspace and migration, Spot VM usage, licensing terms, and servicing/support policies.
Architecture & Design PatternsL63-L69Designing secure, enterprise-grade Azure CycleCloud architectures: multi-region HPC clusters, VM placement strategies, and hub-spoke network/security patterns.
SecurityL70-L85Securing CycleCloud: auth (Entra, service principals, managed identities), SSL, SSH/Bastion access, network lockdown/SELinux, and telemetry/data usage policies.
ConfigurationL86-L134Designing and configuring CycleCloud clusters: templates, nodearrays, networking, storage, autoscaling, Slurm/Open OnDemand, deployment, CLI, proxies, monitoring, and customization.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL135-L155APIs, CLI, and Python SDK for automating CycleCloud, plus patterns to integrate schedulers, monitoring, storage, events, and remote desktop tools with CycleCloud clusters.
DeploymentL156-L165Deploying and operating CycleCloud: installing via ARM/CLI/ACI, planning production setups, importing templates, moving cluster resources, and safely upgrading or migrating installations.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Resolve common Azure CycleCloud error messageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/error-messages?view=cyclecloud-8
Use CycleCloud HealthCheck services to manage unhealthy VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/healthcheck?view=cyclecloud-8
Diagnose and report Azure CycleCloud cluster and node startup issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/report-issues?view=cyclecloud-8
Troubleshoot first-time Azure CycleCloud setup issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/troubleshoot-first-time-setup?view=cyclecloud-8
Locate Azure CycleCloud diagnostic log fileshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/log-locations?view=cyclecloud-8
Operate and troubleshoot Azure CycleCloud Slurm 4 clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/slurm-4-operations?view=cyclecloud-8

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply security best practices for Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/concepts/security-best-practices?view=cyclecloud-8
Optimize CycleCloud clusters on HB/HC series VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/hb-hc-best-practices?view=cyclecloud-8

Decision Making

TopicURL
Plan and size Azure CycleCloud HPC clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/concepts/plan-and-size-hpc-clusters?view=cyclecloud-8
Plan CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/plan-your-deployment?view=cyclecloud-8
Plan migration for Azure CycleCloud 7 retirementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/cyclecloud7-retirement-guide?view=cyclecloud-8
Migrate Azure CycleCloud Slurm clusters to new templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/migrate-slurm-cluster?view=cyclecloud-8
Decide when and how to use Spot VMs in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/use-spot-instances?view=cyclecloud-8
Apply Azure CycleCloud licensing and usage termshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/licensing?view=cyclecloud-8
Understand Azure CycleCloud servicing and support policyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/service-policy?view=cyclecloud-8

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design and operate multi‑region Azure CycleCloud HPC clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/concepts/multi-region-cluster-deployment?view=cyclecloud-8
Choose VM placement models for CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/availability-sets?view=cyclecloud-8
Plan enterprise-secured Azure CycleCloud hub-spoke architecturehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/plan-enterprise-secured-deployment?view=cyclecloud-8

Security

TopicURL
Review CycleCloud telemetry and data usage policyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/data-policy?view=cyclecloud-8
Securely SSH to CycleCloud login nodes via Bastionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/connect-to-login-node-with-bastion?view=cyclecloud-8
Secure CycleCloud portal access through Azure Bastionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/connect-to-portal-with-bastion?view=cyclecloud-8
Create Entra app registration for Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/create-app-registration?view=cyclecloud-8
Use managed identities to secure Azure CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/managed-identities?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure network security options for Azure CycleCloud nodeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/network-security?view=cyclecloud-8
Run Azure CycleCloud in locked-down networkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/running-in-locked-down-network?view=cyclecloud-8
Run Azure CycleCloud nodes with SELinux enforcinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/selinux?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure CycleCloud with Microsoft Entra service principalshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/service-principals?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure SSL certificates for secure Azure CycleCloud accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ssl-configuration?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure user authentication for Azure CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/user-access?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure user authentication methods for Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/user-authentication?view=cyclecloud-8

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure cluster-init specs and project sources in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/cluster-init-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure the cluster section in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/cluster-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Understand Azure CycleCloud cluster template structure and hierarchyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/cluster-template-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure CycleCloud cluster configuration objectshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/configuration-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Define environment objects in CycleCloud cluster templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/environment-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure input endpoints and ports in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/input-endpoint-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure network-interface objects in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/network-interface-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure nodes and nodearrays in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/node-nodearray-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Use NodeRef objects in CycleCloud cluster templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/noderef-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure parameters in Azure CycleCloud cluster templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/parameter-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Apply special parameter parsing in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/special-parsing?view=cyclecloud-8
Define and configure volume objects in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cluster-references/volume-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure CycleCloud service monitoring integrationshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/concepts/monitoring?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure CycleServer via cycle_server.propertieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cycleserver-configuration-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure CycleCloud node events and Event Gridhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/events?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure managed disks in CycleCloud nodeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/add-disk?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure node arrays for Azure CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/add-node-array?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure backup and restore for Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/backup-and-restore?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Slurm cloud bursting with Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/bursting/slurm-cloud-bursting-setup?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Open OnDemand for Azure CycleCloud Slurmhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/configure-open-ondemand?view=cyclecloud-8
Use cloud-init to customize CycleCloud VMs on boothttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/cloud-init?view=cyclecloud-8
Define and customize Azure CycleCloud cluster templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/cluster-templates?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure resources for CycleCloud deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/configuration?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure autoscaling for Azure CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/configure-autoscaling?view=cyclecloud-8
Use custom and marketplace images in CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/create-custom-image?view=cyclecloud-8
Create and export NFS file shares in CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/create-fileserver?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure CycleCloud environment resources via ARMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/environments?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Flex VM scale sets in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/flex-scalesets?view=cyclecloud-8
Install and configure the Azure CycleCloud CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/install-cyclecloud-cli?view=cyclecloud-8
Manually install Jetpack on CycleCloud-managed VMshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/install-jetpack?view=cyclecloud-8
Manually install and configure Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/install-manual?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure keep-alive settings for Azure CycleCloud nodeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/keep-alive?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure alerts and logging for Azure CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/monitor-clusters?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure volume mountpoints in Azure CycleCloud templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/mount-disk?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure NFS mounts and shares in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/mount-fileserver?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure multiple Azure CycleCloud instances on one hosthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/multiple-installs?view=cyclecloud-8
Define and use projects and specs in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/projects?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure CycleCloud return proxy via SSH tunnelhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/return-proxy?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure web proxy settings for Azure CycleCloud traffichttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/running-behind-proxy?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Azure Scheduled Events handling in CycleCloud nodeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/scheduled-events?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure project and user blob storage in Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/storage-blobs?view=cyclecloud-8
Use and understand Azure CycleCloud node tagginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/tag-nodes?view=cyclecloud-8
Customize Azure CycleCloud UI theming with CSShttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/theming?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure CycleCloud nodes with Jetpackhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/jetpack?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure and manage Azure CycleCloud Slurm 4 clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/slurm-4?view=cyclecloud-8

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Use Azure CycleCloud REST API endpointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/api?view=cyclecloud-8
Manage Azure CycleCloud with CLI commandshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cli?view=cyclecloud-8
Author Chef cookbooks for CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/cookbook-reference?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Grid Engine clusters in CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/gridengine?view=cyclecloud-8
Integrate ThinLinc with Open OnDemand in CycleCloud Workspacehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/configure-thinlinc?view=cyclecloud-8
Submit and manage Slurm jobs on Azure CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/submit-job-with-slurm?view=cyclecloud-8
Integrate Azure CycleCloud events with Event Gridhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/event-grid?view=cyclecloud-8
Integrate Prometheus and Azure Managed Grafana with CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/monitor-cyclecloud-cluster-using-prometheus-grafana?view=cyclecloud-8
Mount Azure Blob Storage on CycleCloud nodes with BlobFuse2https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/mount-blob-storage?view=cyclecloud-8
Use the Azure CycleCloud REST API for automated cluster managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/use-rest-api?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure Microsoft HPC Pack with CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/hpcpack?view=cyclecloud-8
Integrate HTCondor scheduler with CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/htcondor?view=cyclecloud-8
Connect IBM Spectrum LSF to CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/lsf?view=cyclecloud-8
Integrate OpenPBS scheduler with CycleCloudhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/openpbs?view=cyclecloud-8
Install and use CycleCloud Python APIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/python-api?view=cyclecloud-8
Configure CycleCloud Slurm integration v3.0+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/slurm-3?view=cyclecloud-8
Enable Slurm scheduler on CycleCloud clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/slurm?view=cyclecloud-8

Deployment

TopicURL
Download and import CycleCloud cluster templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/download-cluster-templates?view=cyclecloud-8
Deploy CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm using CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/ccws/deploy-with-cli?view=cyclecloud-8
Deploy Azure CycleCloud using ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/install-arm?view=cyclecloud-8
Move Azure CycleCloud cluster resources between resource groupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/move-resource-group?view=cyclecloud-8
Plan a production-grade Azure CycleCloud deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/plan-prod-deployment?view=cyclecloud-8
Run Azure CycleCloud in Azure Container Instanceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/run-in-container?view=cyclecloud-8
Upgrade or migrate Azure CycleCloud installations safelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cyclecloud/how-to/upgrade-and-migrate?view=cyclecloud-8

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