A script for setting the pool

[natemcintosh]

The purpose of this script is to have a tool for setting up our Pool from the VAP CLI or GHA. This should help reduce a little of the complexity of the current action for setting up a pool.

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This pull request introduces a new script to create a pool in Azure Batch using Python. The script includes necessary imports, environment variable handling, and a main function to authenticate and create the pool.

Key changes:

• Added a new Python script create_pool.py to .github/scripts directory, which includes:
  • Required Python version and dependencies for the script.
  • Import statements for necessary Azure modules and libraries.
  • Environment variable handling for BATCH_ACCOUNT and constructing the batch_url.
  • Authentication workaround using Azure's DefaultAzureCredential and BasicTokenAuthentication due to the lack of support for Azure auth flow v2 in Batch service.
  • Creation of a BatchServiceClient and adding a pool with specified parameters such as VM size and image reference.

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[natemcintosh]

Well, it currently seems that the create pool script runs to completion, but does not actually a pool. Will have to dig further into what's going on.