Nodes not being created, and not able to submit jobs from web portal

I have deployed a fresh cyclecloud 8.6 machine and used the built in template to deploy a Windows based headnode. The headnode comes up successfully however the node is listed as "offline". I manually turn the node to online and submit a job from the job manager but a node never gets spun up in cyclecloud.

The web portal has all the options for submitting jobs greyed out.

The only error I have seen is when trying to use the hpcpack cli and it has an error with not being able to find a python module for HPCPACK autoscale.

Start with the HPC Pack CLI error about the missing Python module and the built-in Windows headnode setup. Investigate why the node remains offline and why the web portal's job-submission options are disabled. Done means nodes can start in CycleCloud and jobs can be submitted from the portal.

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