Add acinca user

Reviewed-by: Aleix Boné <abonerib@bsc.es>

keys.nix

@@ -2,21 +2,22 @@
 # here all the public keys
 rec {
   hosts = {
-    hut    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICO7jIp6JRnRWTMDsTB/aiaICJCl4x8qmKMPSs4lCqP1 hut";
-    owl1   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMqMEXO0ApVsBA6yjmb0xP2kWyoPDIWxBB0Q3+QbHVhv owl1";
-    owl2   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHurEYpQzNHqWYF6B9Pd7W8UPgF3BxEg0BvSbsA7BAdK owl2";
-    eudy   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIL+WYPRRvZupqLAG0USKmd/juEPmisyyJaP8hAgYwXsG eudy";
-    koro   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIImiTFDbxyUYPumvm8C4mEnHfuvtBY1H8undtd6oDd67 koro";
-    bay    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICvGBzpRQKuQYHdlUQeAk6jmdbkrhmdLwTBqf3el7IgU bay";
-    lake2  = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINo66//S1yatpQHE/BuYD/Gfq64TY7ZN5XOGXmNchiO0 lake2";
-    fox    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDwItIk5uOJcQEVPoy/CVGRzfmE1ojrdDcI06FrU4NFT fox";
-    tent   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFAtTpHtdYoelbknD/IcfBlThwLKJv/dSmylOgpg3FRM tent";
-    apex   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBvUFjSfoxXnKwXhEFXx5ckRKJ0oewJ82mRitSMNMKjh apex";
-    weasel = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFLJrQ8BF6KcweQV8pLkSbFT+tbDxSG9qxrdQE65zJZp weasel";
+    hut     = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICO7jIp6JRnRWTMDsTB/aiaICJCl4x8qmKMPSs4lCqP1 hut";
+    owl1    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMqMEXO0ApVsBA6yjmb0xP2kWyoPDIWxBB0Q3+QbHVhv owl1";
+    owl2    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHurEYpQzNHqWYF6B9Pd7W8UPgF3BxEg0BvSbsA7BAdK owl2";
+    eudy    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIL+WYPRRvZupqLAG0USKmd/juEPmisyyJaP8hAgYwXsG eudy";
+    koro    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIImiTFDbxyUYPumvm8C4mEnHfuvtBY1H8undtd6oDd67 koro";
+    bay     = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAICvGBzpRQKuQYHdlUQeAk6jmdbkrhmdLwTBqf3el7IgU bay";
+    lake2   = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINo66//S1yatpQHE/BuYD/Gfq64TY7ZN5XOGXmNchiO0 lake2";
+    fox     = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIDwItIk5uOJcQEVPoy/CVGRzfmE1ojrdDcI06FrU4NFT fox";
+    tent    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFAtTpHtdYoelbknD/IcfBlThwLKJv/dSmylOgpg3FRM tent";
+    apex    = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBvUFjSfoxXnKwXhEFXx5ckRKJ0oewJ82mRitSMNMKjh apex";
+    weasel  = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFLJrQ8BF6KcweQV8pLkSbFT+tbDxSG9qxrdQE65zJZp weasel";
+    raccoon = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIGNQttFvL0dNEyy7klIhLoK4xXOeM2/K9R7lPMTG3qvK raccoon";
   };
 
   hostGroup = with hosts; rec {
-    compute    = [ owl1 owl2 fox ];
+    compute    = [ owl1 owl2 fox raccoon ];
     playground = [ eudy koro weasel ];
     storage    = [ bay lake2 ];
     monitor    = [ hut ];

m/apex/configuration.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     ../common/xeon.nix
     ../common/ssf/hosts.nix
     ../module/ceph.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
     ../module/slurm-server.nix
     ./nfs.nix
     ./wireguard.nix
@@ -56,17 +57,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  # Use SSH tunnel to reach internal hosts
-  programs.ssh.extraConfig = ''
-    Host bscpm04.bsc.es gitlab-internal.bsc.es knights3.bsc.es
-      ProxyCommand nc -X connect -x localhost:23080 %h %p
-    Host raccoon
-      HostName knights3.bsc.es
-      ProxyCommand nc -X connect -x localhost:23080 %h %p
-    Host tent
-      ProxyJump raccoon
-  '';
-
   networking.firewall = {
     extraCommands = ''
       # Blackhole BSC vulnerability scanner (OpenVAS) as it is spamming our
@@ -76,10 +66,4 @@
       iptables -I nixos-fw 2 -p tcp -s 84.88.52.176 -j nixos-fw-refuse
     '';
   };
-
-  # Use tent for cache
-  nix.settings = {
-    extra-substituters = [ "https://jungle.bsc.es/cache" ];
-    extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "jungle.bsc.es:pEc7MlAT0HEwLQYPtpkPLwRsGf80ZI26aj29zMw/HH0=" ];
-  };
 }

m/apex/wireguard.nix

@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@
           # Send keepalives every 25 seconds. Important to keep NAT tables alive.
           persistentKeepalive = 25;
         }
+        {
+          name = "raccoon";
+          publicKey = "QUfnGXSMEgu2bviglsaSdCjidB51oEDBFpnSFcKGfDI=";
+          allowedIPs = [ "10.106.0.236/32" "192.168.0.0/16" "10.0.44.0/24" ];
+        }
       ];
     };
   };
 
   networking.hosts = {
     "10.106.0.1" = [ "fox" ];
+    "10.106.0.236" = [ "raccoon" ];
+    "10.0.44.4" = [ "tent" ];
   };
 }

m/bay/configuration.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ../common/ssf.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
     ../module/monitoring.nix
   ];
 

m/common/base/net.nix

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 
     hosts = {
       "84.88.53.236" = [ "ssfhead.bsc.es" "ssfhead" ];
-      "84.88.51.152" = [ "raccoon" ];
       "84.88.51.142" = [ "raccoon-ipmi" ];
+      "192.168.11.12" = [ "bscpm04.bsc.es" ];
+      "192.168.11.15" = [ "gitlab-internal.bsc.es" ];
     };
   };
 }

m/common/base/users.nix

@@ -156,18 +156,30 @@
       };
 
       csiringo = {
-        # Arbitrary UID but large so it doesn't collide with other users on ssfhead.
         uid = 9653;
         isNormalUser = true;
         home = "/home/Computational/csiringo";
         description = "Cesare Siringo";
         group = "Computational";
-        hosts = [ "apex" "weasel" ];
+        hosts = [ ];
         hashedPassword = "$6$0IsZlju8jFukLlAw$VKm0FUXbS.mVmPm3rcJeizTNU4IM5Nmmy21BvzFL.cQwvlGwFI1YWRQm6gsbd4nbg47mPDvYkr/ar0SlgF6GO1";
         openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
           "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHA65zvvG50iuFEMf+guRwZB65jlGXfGLF4HO+THFaed csiringo@bsc.es"
         ];
       };
+
+      acinca = {
+        uid = 9654;
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        home = "/home/Computational/acinca";
+        description = "Arnau Cinca";
+        group = "Computational";
+        hosts = [ "apex" "hut" "fox" "owl1" "owl2" ];
+        hashedPassword = "$6$S6PUeRpdzYlidxzI$szyvWejQ4hEN76yBYhp1diVO5ew1FFg.cz4lKiXt2Idy4XdpifwrFTCIzLTs5dvYlR62m7ekA5MrhcVxR5F/q/";
+        openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+          "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFmMqKqPg4uocNOr3O41kLbZMOMJn3m2ZdN1JvTR96z3 bsccns@arnau-bsc"
+        ];
+      };
     };
 
     groups = {

m/common/ssf.nix

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     ./xeon.nix
     ./ssf/fs.nix
     ./ssf/hosts.nix
+    ./ssf/hosts-remote.nix
     ./ssf/net.nix
-    ./ssf/ssh.nix
   ];
 }

m/common/ssf/hosts-remote.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  networking.hosts = {
+    # Remote hosts visible from compute nodes
+    "10.106.0.236" = [ "raccoon" ];
+    "10.0.44.4" = [ "tent" ];
+  };
+}

m/common/ssf/ssh.nix

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  # Use SSH tunnel to apex to reach internal hosts
-  programs.ssh.extraConfig = ''
-    Host tent
-      ProxyJump raccoon
-
-    # Access raccoon via the HTTP proxy
-    Host raccoon knights3.bsc.es
-      HostName knights3.bsc.es
-      ProxyCommand=ssh apex 'nc -X connect -x localhost:23080 %h %p'
-
-    # Make sure we can reach gitlab even if we don't have SSH access to raccoon
-    Host bscpm04.bsc.es gitlab-internal.bsc.es
-      ProxyCommand=ssh apex 'nc -X connect -x localhost:23080 %h %p'
-  '';
-}

m/eudy/configuration.nix

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     ./cpufreq.nix
     ./fs.nix
     ./users.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
     ../module/debuginfod.nix
   ];
 

m/fox/configuration.nix

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     ../module/emulation.nix
     ../module/nvidia.nix
     ../module/slurm-client.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
     ./wireguard.nix
   ];
 
@@ -45,16 +46,6 @@
 
   services.fail2ban.enable = true;
 
-  # Use SSH tunnel to reach internal hosts
-  programs.ssh.extraConfig = ''
-    Host bscpm04.bsc.es gitlab-internal.bsc.es tent
-      ProxyJump raccoon
-    Host raccoon
-      ProxyJump apex
-      HostName 127.0.0.1
-      Port 22022
-  '';
-
   networking = {
     timeServers = [ "ntp1.upc.edu" "ntp2.upc.edu" ];
     hostName = "fox";
@@ -72,12 +63,6 @@
     interfaces.enp1s0f0np0.useDHCP = true;
   };
 
-  # Use hut for cache
-  nix.settings = {
-    extra-substituters = [ "https://jungle.bsc.es/cache" ];
-    extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "jungle.bsc.es:pEc7MlAT0HEwLQYPtpkPLwRsGf80ZI26aj29zMw/HH0=" ];
-  };
-
   # Recommended for new graphics cards
   hardware.nvidia.open = true;
 

m/fox/wireguard.nix

@@ -29,12 +29,19 @@
           # List of IPs assigned to this peer within the tunnel subnet. Used to configure routing.
           allowedIPs = [ "10.106.0.30/32" ];
         }
+        {
+          name = "raccoon";
+          publicKey = "QUfnGXSMEgu2bviglsaSdCjidB51oEDBFpnSFcKGfDI=";
+          allowedIPs = [ "10.106.0.236/32" "192.168.0.0/16" "10.0.44.0/24" ];
+        }
       ];
     };
   };
 
   networking.hosts = {
     "10.106.0.30" = [ "apex" ];
+    "10.106.0.236" = [ "raccoon" ];
+    "10.0.44.4" = [ "tent" ];
   };
 
   networking.firewall = {

m/lake2/configuration.nix

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   imports = [
     ../common/ssf.nix
     ../module/monitoring.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
   ];
 
   boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x55cd2e414d53563a";

m/module/hut-substituter.nix

@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
     {
       extra-substituters = [ "http://hut/cache" ];
       extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "jungle.bsc.es:pEc7MlAT0HEwLQYPtpkPLwRsGf80ZI26aj29zMw/HH0=" ];
+
+      # Set a low timeout in case hut is down
+      connect-timeout = 3; # seconds
     };
 }

m/module/slurm-client.nix

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/ae93ed0f0d4e7be0a286d1fca86446318c0c6ffb
     # https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095#c24
     KillMode = lib.mkForce "control-group";
+
+    # If slurmd fails to contact the control server it will fail, causing the
+    # node to remain out of service until manually restarted. Always try to
+    # restart it.
+    Restart = "always";
+    RestartSec = "30s";
   };
 
   services.slurm.client.enable = true;

m/module/ssh-hut-extern.nix

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  programs.ssh.extraConfig = ''
-    Host apex ssfhead
-      HostName ssflogin.bsc.es
-    Host hut
-      ProxyJump apex
-  '';
-}

m/raccoon/configuration.nix

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ../common/base.nix
+    ../common/ssf/hosts.nix
     ../module/emulation.nix
     ../module/debuginfod.nix
-    ../module/ssh-hut-extern.nix
     ../module/nvidia.nix
     ../eudy/kernel/perf.nix
+    ./wireguard.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
   ];
 
   # Don't install Grub on the disk yet
@@ -43,9 +45,11 @@
     };
   };
 
-  nix.settings = {
-    extra-substituters = [ "https://jungle.bsc.es/cache" ];
-    extra-trusted-public-keys = [ "jungle.bsc.es:pEc7MlAT0HEwLQYPtpkPLwRsGf80ZI26aj29zMw/HH0=" ];
+  # Mount the NFS home
+  fileSystems."/nfs/home" = {
+    device = "10.106.0.30:/home";
+    fsType = "nfs";
+    options = [ "nfsvers=3" "rsize=1024" "wsize=1024" "cto" "nofail" ];
   };
 
   # Enable performance governor

m/raccoon/wireguard.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  networking.nat = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableIPv6 = false;
+    externalInterface = "eno0";
+    internalInterfaces = [ "wg0" ];
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall = {
+    allowedUDPPorts = [ 666 ];
+  };
+
+  age.secrets.wgRaccoon.file = ../../secrets/wg-raccoon.age;
+
+  # Enable WireGuard
+  networking.wireguard.enable = true;
+  networking.wireguard.interfaces = {
+    wg0 = {
+      ips = [ "10.106.0.236/24" ];
+      listenPort = 666;
+      privateKeyFile = config.age.secrets.wgRaccoon.path;
+      # Public key: QUfnGXSMEgu2bviglsaSdCjidB51oEDBFpnSFcKGfDI=
+      peers = [
+        {
+          name = "fox";
+          publicKey = "VfMPBQLQTKeyXJSwv8wBhc6OV0j2qAxUpX3kLHunK2Y=";
+          allowedIPs = [ "10.106.0.1/32" ];
+          endpoint = "fox.ac.upc.edu:666";
+          persistentKeepalive = 25;
+        }
+        {
+          name = "apex";
+          publicKey = "VwhcN8vSOzdJEotQTpmPHBC52x3Hbv1lkFIyKubrnUA=";
+          allowedIPs = [ "10.106.0.30/32" "10.0.40.0/24" ];
+          endpoint = "ssfhead.bsc.es:666";
+          persistentKeepalive = 25;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  networking.hosts = {
+    "10.106.0.1"  = [ "fox.wg" ];
+    "10.106.0.30" = [ "apex.wg" ];
+  };
+}

m/tent/configuration.nix

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ../common/xeon.nix
+    ../common/ssf/hosts.nix
     ../module/emulation.nix
     ../module/debuginfod.nix
-    ../module/ssh-hut-extern.nix
     ./monitoring.nix
     ./nginx.nix
     ./nix-serve.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     ../hut/msmtp.nix
     ../module/p.nix
     ../module/vpn-dac.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
   ];
 
   # Select the this using the ID to avoid mismatches
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     defaultGateway = "10.0.44.1";
     hosts = {
       "84.88.53.236" = [ "apex" ];
+      "10.0.44.1" = [ "raccoon" ];
     };
   };
 

m/weasel/configuration.nix

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ../common/ssf.nix
+    ../module/hut-substituter.nix
   ];
 
   # Select this using the ID to avoid mismatches

secrets/secrets.nix

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let
   hut = [ keys.hosts.hut ] ++ adminsKeys;
   fox = [ keys.hosts.fox ] ++ adminsKeys;
   apex = [ keys.hosts.apex ] ++ adminsKeys;
+  raccoon = [ keys.hosts.raccoon ] ++ adminsKeys;
   mon = [ keys.hosts.hut keys.hosts.tent ] ++ adminsKeys;
   tent = [ keys.hosts.tent ] ++ adminsKeys;
   # Only expose ceph keys to safe nodes and admins
@@ -29,4 +30,5 @@ in
 
   "wg-fox.age".publicKeys = fox;
   "wg-apex.age".publicKeys = apex;
+  "wg-raccoon.age".publicKeys = raccoon;
 }

web/content/posts/2025-09-26/_index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+title: "Update 2025-09-26"
+author: "Rodrigo Arias Mallo"
+date: 2025-09-26
+---
+
+This is a summary of notable changes introduced in the last two years. We
+continue to maintain all machines updated to the last NixOS release (currently
+NixOS 25.05).
+
+### New compute node: fox
+
+We have a new [fox machine](/fox), with two AMD Genoa 9684X CPUs and two NVIDIA
+RTX4000 GPUs. During the last months we have been doing some tests and it seems
+that most of the components work well. We have configured CUDA to use the NVIDIA
+GPUs, as well as AMD uProf to trace performance and energy counters from the
+CPUs.
+
+### Upgraded login node: apex
+
+We have upgraded the operating system on the login node to NixOS, which now runs
+Linux 6.15.6. During the upgrade, we have detected a problem with the storage
+disks. The `/` and `/home` partitions sit on a
+[RAID 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_5),
+transparently handled by a RAID hardware controller which starts its own
+firmware before passing the control to the BIOS to continue the boot sequence. A
+problem during the startup of the firmware prevented the node to even reach the
+BIOS screen.
+
+After a long debugging session, we detected that the flash memory that stores
+the firmware of the hardware controller was likely to be the issue, since
+[memory cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Principles_of_operation)
+may lose charge over time and can end up corrupting the content. We flashed
+the latest firmware so the memory cells are charged again with the new bits and
+that fixed the problem. Hopefully we will be able to use it for some more years.
+
+The SLURM server has been moved to apex which allows users to also submit jobs
+to fox.
+
+### Migrated machines to BSC building
+
+The server room had a temperature issue that had been affecting our machines
+since the end of February of 2025. As the summer approached, the temperature
+exceeded the safe limits for our hardware, so we had to shutdown the cluster.
+
+![Room temperature](temp.png)
+
+Since then, we have moved the cluster to BSC premises, where it now rests at a
+stable temperature, so hopefully we won't have more unscheduled downtime.