azure-hpc-cache

Name: azure-hpc-cache
Author: MicrosoftDocs

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Trust score: 88 / 100 · community maintained
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Token usage: Lean
Setup complexity: Plug-and-play
External API key: Not required
Operating systems: Unspecified (assume cross-platform)
Runtime requirements: No special requirements
Permissions: Read-only
Write / modify
Network behavior: External requests
Install commands: 26 variants

Profile is derived at build time from SKILL.md and install vectors. Subject to drift from author intent.

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Output preview azure-hpc-cache.preview

---
name: azure-hpc-cache
description: Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, deci…
category: devops
runtime: no special runtime
---

# azure-hpc-cache output preview

## PART A: Task fit
- Use case: Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring HPC Cache namespaces, NFS/Blob targets, client access, data ingest scripts, or cache failover, and other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines)..
- Inputs: target material, constraints, expected output, and acceptance criteria.
- Evidence boundary: follow “How to Use This Skill / Category Index / Troubleshooting” and do not present inference as author intent.

## PART B: Execution result
- **01** The card summarizes the use case; runtime output centers on “Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring HPC Cache namespaces, NFS/Blob targets, client access, data ingest scripts, or cache failover, and other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines).”.
- **02** When the source has headings, the agent prioritizes “How to Use This Skill / Category Index / Troubleshooting” so the result follows the author’s structure.
- **03** Typical output includes task judgment, concrete steps, required commands or file edits, validation, and follow-up options.
- **04** Risk context follows the fingerprint: read files, write/modify files; may access external network resources; usually needs no extra API key.

## Running Rules
- read files, write/modify files; may access external network resources; usually needs no extra API key.
- Validate with a small sample before expanding scope.
- Return the result, validation criteria, and next iteration options.

SKILL.md SKILL.md

---
name: azure-hpc-cache
description: Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, deci…
category: devops
source: MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills
---

# azure-hpc-cache

## When to use
- Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architect…
- Use it when the task has clear inputs, repeatable steps, and validation criteria.

## What to provide
- Target material, scope, expected result, and forbidden changes.
- Whether network, commands, file writes, or external services are allowed.

## Execution rules
- Organize steps around “How to Use This Skill / Category Index / Troubleshooting” and keep inference separate from source facts.
- read files, write/modify files; may access external network resources; usually needs no extra API key.
- Validate with a small sample before expanding the task.

## Output requirements
- Return the deliverable, key evidence, validation method, and next action.
- Mark missing information as unknown; do not invent commands, platforms, or dependencies.

Evidence boundary and execution chain

The author source anchors workflow facts; repository files anchor sources and commands; Fluxly only adds fit, limitations, and quality judgment.

skill "azure-hpc-cache" {
  input      -> user goal + target files + boundaries + acceptance criteria
  context    -> How to Use This Skill / Category Index / Troubleshooting
  rules      -> SKILL.md triggers / order / output contract
  runtime    -> no special runtime | read files, write/modify files | may access external network resources
  guardrails -> usually needs no extra API key + small-sample validation + diff/log review
  output     -> copyable result + checklist + next iteration
}

Interpretation is structured for decision-making; original keeps the upstream SKILL.md unchanged.

Decide Fit First

Core job: Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & desi…
Best fit: Use it when the task has reusable inputs, steps, and validation criteria rather than a one-off answer.
Avoid forcing it: If the source lacks commands, platform support, or external-service evidence, keep those fields unknown instead of guessing.

Design Intent

Structure: The skill is organized around “How to Use This Skill”, “Category Index”, “Troubleshooting”, “Best Practices”, showing how the author expects the agent to judge fit, collect context, and produce verifiable output.
Trigger evidence: Prioritize the author’s wording around when to use it, what context to collect, and what output shape to produce.
Evidence boundary: Author text states facts, repository files prove commands and paths, and Fluxly only adds fit, limits, and usage judgment.

How To Use It

Inputs: Provide target material, scope, expected result, forbidden changes, and validation method.
Invocation: Name azure-hpc-cache directly; if the source includes slash commands, start with the command and then add task context.
Validation: Start small and check whether the result follows “How to Use This Skill / Category Index / Troubleshooting” before expanding.

Boundaries And Review

Dependencies: It usually needs no extra API key, so start with a small validation task.
Permissions: Declared permissions include read / write; ask the agent to state file, command, and rollback boundaries before acting.
Quality bar: A useful result names the deliverable, evidence, and next action. Generic prose means the task needs tighter context.

Azure HPC Cache Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure HPC Cache. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L42	Diagnosing and resolving Azure HPC Cache issues with Blob storage firewalls and NFS storage targets, including connectivity, access, and configuration problems.
Best Practices	L43-L51	Guidance on optimizing Azure HPC Cache: client load balancing, efficient data movement and manual copy to Blob targets, NFS-on-Blob considerations, and priming caches for better hit rates.
Decision Making	L52-L57	Guidance on when Azure HPC Cache is appropriate, comparing usage models, workload patterns, performance needs, and deciding if/when to adopt it for your architecture.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L58-L63	Designing Azure HPC Cache namespaces across multiple back-end storage systems, and planning regional redundancy, high availability, and failover strategies for cached workloads.
Limits & Quotas	L64-L68	How to request and manage Azure HPC Cache quota increases, including limits on cache instances, capacities, and the support process for raising quotas.
Security	L69-L76	Configuring HPC Cache security: client access policies, directory/AD integration and extended groups, customer-managed encryption keys, and overall cache security settings.
Configuration	L77-L90	Configuring and operating Azure HPC Cache: CLI setup, networking/DNS/NTP, storage targets and namespaces, mounting NFS clients, lifecycle management, metrics, and environment prerequisites.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L91-L98	Scripts and patterns for ingesting data (msrsync, parallelcp), controlling write-back with flush_file.py, and integrating Azure HPC Cache with Azure NetApp Files.
Deployment	L99-L103	Creating Azure HPC Cache instances via portal/CLI, and recreating or moving existing caches to a different region while preserving configuration and data paths

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Work around Blob firewall issues for HPC Cache targets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-blob-firewall-fix
Troubleshoot NFS storage target issues in Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/troubleshoot-nas

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Load balance client connections across Azure HPC Cache IPs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/client-load-balancing
Optimize data movement to Azure HPC Cache Blob targets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest
Manually copy data into Azure HPC Cache Blob targets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-manual
Apply NFS Blob storage considerations with Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/nfs-blob-considerations
Prime Azure HPC Cache to improve cache hit rates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/prime-cache

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose Azure HPC Cache usage models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/cache-usage-models
Decide when Azure HPC Cache fits your workload	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/usage-scenarios

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Design Azure HPC Cache aggregated namespaces	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-namespace
Design regional redundancy and failover for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-region-recovery

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Request Azure HPC Cache quota increases	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/increase-quota

Security

Topic	URL
Define client access policies for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/access-policies
Configure customer-managed encryption keys for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/customer-keys
Configure directory services and extended groups for HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/directory-services
Understand security configuration for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-security-info

Configuration

Topic	URL
Set up Azure HPC Cache namespace paths	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/add-namespace-paths
Prepare Azure CLI environment for managing HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/az-cli-prerequisites
Configure networking, NTP, DNS, and snapshots for HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/configuration
Configure storage targets for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-add-storage
Modify Azure HPC Cache storage target settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-edit-storage
Operate and update Azure HPC Cache instances	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-manage
Mount Azure HPC Cache on NFS clients	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-mount
Verify environment prerequisites for Azure HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-prerequisites
Manage Azure HPC Cache storage target lifecycle	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/manage-storage-targets
Monitor Azure HPC Cache metrics and reports	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/metrics

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Use flush_file.py to control HPC Cache write-back	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/custom-flush-script
Ingest data to HPC Cache using msrsync	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-msrsync
Use parallelcp script to ingest data for HPC Cache	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-parallelcp
Integrate Azure HPC Cache with Azure NetApp Files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-netapp

Deployment

Topic	URL
Create Azure HPC Cache instances via portal or CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-create
Recreate or move Azure HPC Cache to another region	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/move-resource

Install command

One-click installPick a runner, click Copy, paste into your terminal, press enter

npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/skills/azure-hpc-cache -y

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