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Upcoming NIH HPC class on Singularity Containers in Nov 2017
Date: 23 October 2017 11:10:29
From: "Elghraoui, Afif [C]"
The HPC staff will present the class on Singularity containers described
below. This class is hands-on and will be taught in a single 3 hour
morning session.
Registration for this class is available at
https://hpc.nih.gov/nih/classes/
Creating and running software containers with Singularity
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Date & Time: Monday 6 November, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location: Bldg 10, NIH Library Training Room, First Floor
Containers give you the freedom to install custom software in a portable
virtual environment. This environment can be copied and shared,
fostering collaboration and reproducibility in bioinformatics analyses.
In this workshop, you will use Singularity to create and run containers.
You will learn how to install Singularity on your Linux system, create
containers with your choice of Linux distribution and software, and use
Singularity to run containerized applications, especially on the NIH
Biowulf cluster.
PLEASE NOTE: As a prerequisite, students MUST have access to their own
Linux environment with the ability to execute commands as the root user.
A Linux laptop, a virtual machine (VM), or a cloud instance should
fulfill this requirement. A Helix/Biowulf account or Mac OS system will
NOT fulfill this requirement. Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 or CentOS 6/7 are
preferred for this class. Laptops with ssh clients will be provided for
users to access their own cloud instances where applicable. If you are
unsure whether you have a Linux environment that meets the requirements
for this class please contact the instructor (Afif Elghraoui) in advance
for clarification or advice (staff@hpc.nih.gov).
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