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+1. Change in CI/CD variables
+INSTALLATION_ROOT="main-spack-instance-2205"
+
+2. Start an OpenShift build job from a terminal
+
+oc create -f simplejob.yml
+
+3. Execute in the running pod:
+
+mkdir -p /opt/app-root/src
+cd /srv
+mkdir -p $INSTALLATION_ROOT
+cd $INSTALLATION_ROOT
+git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
+git checkout -b release_v0_2_spack_commit a8d440d3ababcdec20d665ad938ab880cd9b9d17
+cat <<EOF > /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/etc/spack/packages.yaml
+packages:
+  all:
+    target: [x86_64]
+EOF
+source /srv/$INSTALLATION_ROOT/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
+cat <<EOF > $SPACK_ROOT/etc/spack/defaults/mirrors.yaml
+mirrors:
+  public_mirror: https://spack-llnl-mirror.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
+  spack-public: https://mirror.spack.io
+EOF
+spack compiler find
+spack install gcc@10.3.0
+spack load gcc@10.3.0
+spack compiler find
+spack install python@3.8.11 %gcc@10.3.0
+cp -r ~/.spack $SPACK_ROOT
+mkdir -p /srv/jupyterlab_kernels/prod/experimental
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