(WIP) Configuration for AWS platform

[ashiklom]

Work in progress on configuring Swell to run on the AWS-based parallel cluster. Leaving this as draft so early AWS beta-testers (@mranst, @ftgoktas) have something to work off of.

Code tests run. Tier 1 tests start and a few tasks execute successfully, but most things fail because of incomplete platform configs, primarily because of issues with SwellStaticFiles or R2D2DataStore.

Docs are incomplete but in progress.

[Dooruk]

Is the GMAO AWS server active again for SWELL related stuff?

[ashiklom]

Is the GMAO AWS server active again for SWELL related stuff?

No. It didn't seem that useful without a functional JEDI installation (which I hadn't been able to build as of the last time I tried) or all of the static files Swell needs to run (which are many!). So I've kept it off to avoid incurring unnecessary costs and having to maintain security patches. I've also been pulled into a lot of other directions lately and haven't had the time to really work on this.

[Dooruk]

Is the GMAO AWS server active again for SWELL related stuff?

No. It didn't seem that useful without a functional JEDI installation (which I hadn't been able to build as of the last time I tried) or all of the static files Swell needs to run (which are many!). So I've kept it off to avoid incurring unnecessary costs and having to maintain security patches. I've also been pulled into a lot of other directions lately and haven't had the time to really work on this.

I understand. Ok, good thing Cheng figured out the offline installation in the meantime.