On 16/11/16 12:23, Lachlan Musicman wrote: > Has anyone tried Shifter out and has there been any movement on this? I > presume the licensing issues remain.
We've got both Shifter and Singularity set up at VLSCI for users. https://www.vlsci.org.au/documentation/running_jobs/shifter/ https://www.vlsci.org.au/documentation/running_jobs/singularity/ The important thing to recognise for both is that they are *NOT* Docker, but they are both able to use Docker containers. Shifter imports directly from the Docker registry (or from other registries that you configure) and lives entirely on your HPC system, Singularity needs to be installed on the users system and configured, but they can do the conversion there and there is no central public repo of converted containers (a plus if you need a private container, a minus if you're going to end up with hundreds of copies). Having private containers is on the roadmap for Shifter. Shifter also integrates with Slurm. All the best! Chris -- Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci
