Test Spack module backend in CI

Author: vkarak

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        modules-version: [lmod, envmodules]
+        modules-version: [envmodules, lmod, spack]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry

ci-scripts/dockerfiles/eb-spack-howto.dockerfile

@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash rfmuser
 USER rfmuser
 
 # Install Spack
-RUN git clone --branch v${_SPACK_VER} https://github.com/spack/spack ~/spack && \
-    cd ~/spack
-
+RUN git clone --branch v${_SPACK_VER} --depth 1 https://github.com/spack/spack ~/spack
 RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages easybuild==${_EB_VER}
 
 ENV PATH="/home/rfmuser/.local/bin:${PATH}"

ci-scripts/dockerfiles/reframe-lmod.dockerfile

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /home/rfmuser/reframe
 
 RUN ./bootstrap.sh
 RUN pip install --break-system-packages coverage
+RUN echo '. /usr/local/lmod/lmod/init/profile' >> /home/rfmuser/.profile
 ENV BASH_ENV=/home/rfmuser/.profile
 
-CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py --rfm-user-config=ci-scripts/configs/lmod.py; coverage xml -o coverage.xml"]
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py -v --rfm-user-config=ci-scripts/configs/lmod.py; coverage xml -o coverage.xml"]

ci-scripts/dockerfiles/reframe-spack.dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# Execute this from the top-level ReFrame source directory
+#
+
+
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ENV _SPACK_VER=1.1.0
+
+# Install ReFrame unit test requirements
+RUN apt-get -y update && \
+    apt-get -y install gcc git make python3 python3-pip
+
+# ReFrame user
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash rfmuser
+
+USER rfmuser
+
+# Install Spack
+RUN git clone --branch v${_SPACK_VER} https://github.com/spack/spack ~/spack
+
+# Install ReFrame from the current directory
+COPY --chown=rfmuser . /home/rfmuser/reframe/
+
+WORKDIR /home/rfmuser/reframe
+
+RUN ./bootstrap.sh
+RUN pip install --break-system-packages coverage
+
+RUN echo '. /home/rfmuser/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh' >> /home/rfmuser/.profile
+ENV BASH_ENV=/home/rfmuser/.profile
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py -v --rfm-user-config=ci-scripts/configs/spack.py; coverage xml -o coverage.xml"]

examples/tutorial/dockerfiles/eb-spack.dockerfile

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #
 
 
-FROM ghcr.io/reframe-hpc/lmod:8.4.12
+FROM ghcr.io/reframe-hpc/lmod:9.0.4
 
-ENV _SPACK_VER=0.16
-ENV _EB_VER=4.4.1
+ENV _SPACK_VER=1.1.0
+ENV _EB_VER=5.1.2
 
 RUN apt-get -y update && \
     apt-get -y install curl && \
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch $REFRAME_TAG https://github.com/reframe-hpc/ref
 ENV PATH=/usr/local/share/reframe/bin:$PATH
 
 # Install EasyBuild
-RUN pip3 install easybuild==${_EB_VER}
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages easybuild==${_EB_VER}
 
 # Add tutorial user
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash -G sudo user && \
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ WORKDIR /home/user
 
 # Install Spack
 RUN mkdir .local && cd .local && \
-    git clone --branch releases/v${_SPACK_VER} --depth 1 https://github.com/spack/spack
+    git clone --branch v${_SPACK_VER} --depth 1 https://github.com/spack/spack
 
-RUN echo '. /usr/local/lmod/lmod/init/profile && . /home/user/.local/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh' > /home/user/.profile
+RUN echo '. /usr/local/lmod/lmod/init/profile && . /home/user/.local/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh' >> /home/user/.profile
 ENV BASH_ENV=/home/user/.profile