Container Platforms

Singularity

Container has been growing in popularity as a tool to run a complex application without having to worry about the different environment and dependency that would be need during the installation. Docker container, while popular, is not allowed to run on the HPC cluster as it requires root access for the container user. To overcome the root permission issue, Singularity is an acceptable container platform that is available on the cluster. Singularity containers can be built from scratch, or it can be built from a Docker image. Please find more information about Singularity in the link below:

Singularity