This course provides information about containers and how to use Singularity to manage your applications.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Linux required, access to Cardiff University supercomputer Hawk.
This course provides information about containers and how to use Singularity to manage your applications.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Linux required, access to Cardiff University supercomputer Hawk.
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 00:00 | 1. Introducing containers | What are containers, and why might they be useful to me? |
| 00:40 | 2. Singularity: Getting started | What is Singularity and why might I want to use it? |
| 01:10 | 3. Working with Singularity containers |
How do I run a shell or different commands within a container?
Where does Singularity store images? |
| 01:50 | 4. Building Singularity images | How do I create my own Singularity images? |
| 02:30 | 5. Running MPI parallel jobs using Singularity containers | How do I set up and run an MPI job from a Singularity container? |
| 03:20 | 6. Running Singularity containers with GPUs | How do I set up and run with GPUs from a Singularity container? |
| 04:10 | 7. Bootstrapping your use of Containers |
How can I get started using containers in my research?
Where can I get help to start using containers? |
| 05:15 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.