An Introduction to containers on Lawrencium training will be jointly presented by the HPC team at LBNL and the research consultants from UCB. This training will introduce you to the key concepts and tools for using containers, in particular Docker and Singularity containers. Containers make it easy to install software, move your computation between different computing environments, and make your workflow reproducible. The training will focus on the use of Singularity on Lawrencium, including how to use Docker images by Singularity in a cluster environment. Topics will include:
Overview of why you might use containers
Running containers (using Singularity) on HPC clusters, including using Docker images
Building containers
Using containers for parallel computation with MPI
Using containers with GPUs
Where to find pre-built containers
Reproducibility
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Time: 3:40-5:00pm PST
via Zoom (we will send the Zoom info after you register)
Registration required
Please follow these instructions to install Singularity ahead of the training. We will have consultants available starting at 3:15 to answer any questions in advance of the training.
Please contact us at hpcshelp@lbl.gov if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Scientific Computing User Support Team
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