Update containers authored by Matthieu Boileau's avatar Matthieu Boileau
Containers are a solution to provide your software, library, ... in an isolated environment. Containers are a solution to provide your software, library, etc., in an isolated environment.
On atlas we provide these container software: On atlas we provide singularity as a container software.
- docker # Prerequisites
- singularity (recommended)
To use docker, you have to ask an account to system administrators, but we recommend to use singularity whenever it is possible. Singularity documentation is available at <http://singularity.lbl.gov/> and should be the reference documentation.
# Preriquisites # Singularity
Up to date docker and singularity documentation is available at
* https://www.docker.com/
* http://singularity.lbl.gov/
and should be the reference documentation.
# Singularity.
Singularity is installed as a ubuntu package now. You do not need to load any modules anymore.
To work with singularity, you have to download/create a singularity image (containing every software you need). To work with singularity, you have to download/create a singularity image (containing every software you need).
To create a new image, see the [official documentation](http://singularity.lbl.gov/create-image). To create a new image, see the [official documentation](http://singularity.lbl.gov/create-image).
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