ACES: Fundamentals of Containers
Overview
Instructor: Richard Lawrence
Time: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 — 10:00AM-12:30PM CT
Location: Online using Zoom
Prerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, basic Linux/Unix skills
This course introduces core concepts of containerization and covers basic and advanced containerization tasks with a focus on understanding best practices for containers on HPC systems. The course is intended to cultivate an in-depth general-purpose understanding of containers for an audience who may be unfamiliar with containers or may have previously used containers only in a specific context. Topics include building containers images, working with container repositories, and container features necessary for using containers on HPC systems. Exercises will be performed on the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University, using the Charliecloud and Singularity container engines.
Course Materials
Presentation slides
The presentation slides are available as downloadable PDF files.
Agenda
This session will address the following topics:
- Overview of containers
- Singularity and Charliecloud
- Getting a container image
- Container usage basics
- Building and modifying containers
- Containers for HPC