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+# ReFrame configuration file that can be used in GitHub Actions with EESSI
+
+from eessi.testsuite.common_config import common_logging_config
+from eessi.testsuite.constants import *  # noqa: F403
+
+
+site_configuration = {
+    'systems': [
+        {
+            'name': 'Testing in bot Build jobs for EESSI software Layer',
+            'descr': 'Software-layer bot',
+            'hostnames': ['.*'],
+            'modules_system': 'lmod',
+            'partitions': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'default',
+                    'scheduler': 'local',
+                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
+                    'environs': ['default'],
+                    'features': [FEATURES[CPU]],
+                    'resources': [
+                        {
+                            'name': 'memory',
+                            'options': ['--mem={size}'],
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    'max_jobs': 1
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+    'environments': [
+        {
+            'name': 'default',
+            'cc': 'cc',
+            'cxx': '',
+            'ftn': ''
+            }
+        ],
+    'general': [
+        {
+            'purge_environment': True,
+            'resolve_module_conflicts': False,  # avoid loading the module before submitting the job
+            # Enable automatic detection of CPU architecture
+            # See https://reframe-hpc.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configure.html#auto-detecting-processor-information
+            'remote_detect': True,
+        }
+    ],
+    'logging': common_logging_config(),
+}