V1.21.0: Improved compact placement support and error reporting

[tpdownes]

Key New Features

• Add user guide for image building
• "ghpc create" now provides line and column number hints for many errors that it encounters in blueprints

Module Improvements

• gke-node-pool: support for ephemeral local SSD
  vm-instance
  • allow specification of max_distance when using compact placement
  • improve network block validation to prevent accidental use of default network

Deprecations

• Deprecate all var.source_image_* variables in Slurm modules (Deprecate source_image* fields in Slurm modules #1524)

Community Contributions

• @IsaacG

What's Changed

• Minor refactoring of modulewriter by @mr0re1 in Minor refactoring of modulewriter #1522
• Allow setting kubernetes labels on node group instances by @issacg in Allow setting kubernetes labels on node group instances #1504
• Deprecate source_image* fields in Slurm modules by @mr0re1 in Deprecate source_image* fields in Slurm modules #1524
• Add support for Ephemeral Storage Local SSD API by @issacg in Add support for Ephemeral Storage Local SSD API #1506
• Disable dependabot OFE version update PRs by @mr0re1 in Disable dependabot OFE version update PRs #1547
• Update Slurm var.disk_type validation by @mr0re1 in Update Slurm var.disk_type validation #1532
• Remove "null by omitting value" from blueprints by @mr0re1 in Remove "null by omitting value" from blueprints #1555
• Restrict VM-instance network variables validation by @mr0re1 in Restrict VM-instance network variables validation #1553
• Merge release v1.20.0 back into develop by @mr0re1 in Merge release v1.20.0 back into develop #1561
• Enable expressions in Blueprint.Vars by @mr0re1 in Enable expressions in Blueprint.Vars #1563
• Do not use network when explicitly setting network_interfaces by @tpdownes in Do not use network when explicitly setting network_interfaces #1566
• Update google provider -> 4.73.0 by @mr0re1 in Update google provider -> 4.73.0 #1564
• Packer best practices and networking documentation by @tpdownes in Packer best practices and networking documentation #1562
• Output multiple errors instead of first one by @mr0re1 in Output multiple errors instead of first one #1569
• Allow to specify vm-instance.placement_policy.max_distance by @mr0re1 in Allow to specify vm-instance.placement_policy.max_distance #1567
• Group errors of all sub-checks in validateConfig individually. by @mr0re1 in Group errors of all sub-checks in validateConfig individually. #1573
• gvnic not supported by ubuntu_containerd by @issacg in gvnic not supported by ubuntu_containerd #1542
• Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.128.0 to 0.130.0 by @dependabot in Bump google.golang.org/api from 0.128.0 to 0.130.0 #1557
• Update list of supported VM images by @rohitramu in Update list of supported VM images #1495
• Insert a basic Ubuntu node pool into the GKE integration test by @nick-stroud in Insert a basic Ubuntu node pool into the GKE integration test #1577
• GKE node-pool provider version requirement by @nick-stroud in GKE node-pool provider version requirement #1575
• Udate vm-instance.placement_policy documentation by @mr0re1 in Udate vm-instance.placement_policy documentation #1580
• Deprecate DeploymentGroup.Kind by @mr0re1 in Deprecate DeploymentGroup.Kind #1576
• NVMe block storage for GKE by @issacg in NVMe block storage for GKE #1559
• Add precondition blocking use of c3 machine with pd-standard by @nick-stroud in Add precondition blocking use of c3 machine with pd-standard #1579
• Add enable_secure_boot var for GKE + docs by @issacg in Add enable_secure_boot var for GKE + docs #1582
• Bump version to v1.21.0 by @tpdownes in Bump version to v1.21.0 #1628
• Release v1.21.0 to main branch by @tpdownes in Release v1.21.0 to main branch #1629

Full Changelog: v1.20.0...v1.21.0

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