Improve external tests (#520)

Resolves #509. Adds more libraries to test installs against `cuxfilter`, along with testing pyviz+RAPIDS cuDF, dask-cudf capabilities.

Authors:
  - Ajay Thorve (https://github.com/AjayThorve)

Approvers:
  - AJ Schmidt (https://github.com/ajschmidt8)

URL: #520

ci/test_external.sh

@@ -8,8 +8,19 @@ rapids-logger "Create test_external conda environment"
 
 RAPIDS_VERSION=23.10.*
 
-rapids-mamba-retry create -n test_external -c rapidsai -c conda-forge -c nvidia  \
-    cudf=${RAPIDS_VERSION} dask-cudf=${RAPIDS_VERSION} python=3.10 cudatoolkit=11.8
+rapids-mamba-retry create \
+    -n test_external \
+    --override-channels \
+    -c rapidsai-nightly \
+    -c nvidia \
+    -c conda-forge \
+    cuxfilter="${RAPIDS_VERSION}" cudf="${RAPIDS_VERSION}" dask-cudf="${RAPIDS_VERSION}" \
+    python="${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION}" cuda-version="${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION}"
+
+# Install external dependencies into test_external conda environment
+pushd ./ci/utils
+rapids-mamba-retry env update -n test_external -f external_dependencies.yaml
+popd
 
 conda activate test_external
 
@@ -18,6 +29,7 @@ PROJECT=$1
 PR_NUMBER=$2
 LIBRARIES=("datashader" "holoviews")
 
+# Change directory to /tmp
 pushd /tmp
 
 # Clone the specified Python libraries

ci/utils/external_dependencies.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: test_external
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - tensorflow
+  - xarray-spatial
+  - pycaret
+  - graphistry
+  - dash
+  - dask-sql