[LA-SIGMA] HPC Training: Introduction to Singularity: Creating and Running Containers on HPC

[Feng Chen]

Dear All,

The schedule for the Spring 2022 HPC Training is available at http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php.

Our next HPC training will be held on Wednesday, March 09 at 9:00 AM. Due to concern about the COVID-19 pandemic, all training sessions are Zoom online events from 9:00AM to 11:00AM. The sessions will be recorded for later review.

Note that all HPC trainings will start at 9:00AM.

Wednesday, March 09, 2022: Introduction to Singularity: Creating and Running Containers on HPC
Containers such as Singularity allow users to pack an application and all of its dependencies, including the operation system, into a single image, which makes the application more portable, shareable, and reproducible. For instance, one user can create in his/her own HPC environment a Singularity image for a complex workflow with many software components and their dependencies, then share it with other users, who can run the workflow on other HPC systems, independent of the environment as along as Singularity is supported. In this tutorial, we will show how to build Singularity images and run them on the LSU/LONI HPC clusters.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge on using HPC environment is assumed but not required.

Next HPC training:

Wednesday, March 23, 2021: Open OnDemand: Interactive HPC via the Web
This training will provide an introduction to Open OnDemand, a browser based tool now available to all LSU HPC users on campus. Open OnDemand requires only a web browser (no plug-ins) and an LSU HPC account. It features a file browser, command line shell access, job management, and access to interactive Jupyter notebooks and RStudio servers running interactively on SuperMike-II's compute nodes. This training will feature an overview of Open OnDemand, and a demonstration of all it's features, including Jupyter Notebook and RStudio.
Prerequisites: LSU HPC account, some knowledge of using HPC is assumed but not required

Please visit http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php for more details and register using the link provided. Users will be provided with a zoom link in their registration confirmation email. Please see the system requirements at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux.

Please distribute to faculty, staff and students that might be interested.

Thanks,

Feng Chen, PhD
Manager of User Services
High Performance Computing
Louisiana State University
329 Frey Computing Services Center, Baton Rouge, LA  70803
office 225-578-2924
fchen14 at lsu.edu<mailto:fchen14 at lsu.edu>

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