Hpc Now

Abstract

1. Introduction

Cloud High-Performance Computing - Cloud HPC, differs from on-premise HPC significantly. Cloud service brings high scalability and flexibility to High-Performance Computing. However, most HPC users are not familiar with building and maintaining HPC services in the cloud. The technical barrier of cloud computing is very high to researchers, engineers, and developers in different scientific and engineering domains, e.g. energy, chemistry, physics, materials, bioscience.

Thanks to Terraform and openTofu for making it possible to orchestrate cloud resources in a unified and simple way.

2. Objective

A Cross-Platform, Multi-Cloud High-Performance Computing Platform

This project demonstrates how C, AWS can be applied to a real-world Blockchain & Cloud Computing problem.

4. Technology Stack

• installer : HPC-NOW service installer. It requires temporary administrator or root privilege to run. why?
• hpcopr : HPC Operator. The main component that manages the HPC clusters, users, jobs, data, monitoring, usage, etc.
• now-crypto : An independent cryptography module (AES-128-ECB-PKCS#7) that encrypts and decrypts the files containing sensitive information.
• hpcmgr : A utility running in every cluster's master node to communicate with the operator.
• infra-as-code : Infrastructure codes in HCL format.
• scripts : Shell scripts to initialize the clusters, install applications, etc.

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Arduino IDE / PlatformIO or a C compiler (gcc)
• Target board where applicable
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/zhenrong-wang/hpc-now.git
cd hpc-now

1. Microsoft Windows: curl tar ssh scp
2. GNU/Linux Distros: curl tar unzip ssh scp
3. macOS (Darwin) : curl tar unzip ssh scp
4. For Microsoft Windows: .\make_windows.bat build
5. For GNU/Linux Distro : chmod +x make_linux.sh && ./make_linux.sh build
6. For macOS (Darwin) : chmod +x make_darwin.sh && ./make_darwin.sh build
7. For Microsoft Windows :
8. Type 'cmd' in the search box

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Deploy to a public test network or cloud free tier
• Add monitoring and cost alerts

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Why does this problem need a blockchain or cloud-native design?
2. Explain the smart contract / infrastructure components and how they interact.
3. How are gas costs or cloud costs kept under control?
4. How is the system secured (keys, IAM, access control)?
5. How would the solution scale to many more users?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by zhenrong-wang and published on GitHub under the MIT License. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.