Using Singularity at Jefferson Lab: Glossary

Key Points

Introduction
  • Containers allow us to package up entire operating system environments.

Running the JLab CE container
  • The Jefferson Lab Common Environment containers provide a standard environment.

Using docker containers
  • Docker containers can be used on the widest array of platforms.

Building docker containers
  • Although using containers with singularity does not require superuser privileges, creating containers still does.

  • Dockerfiles are recipes for docker containers.

  • By storing Dockerfiles in a GitHub repository we gain version both tracking and cloud building.

Glossary

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