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By default, ordinary users don't have the right to create Singularity containers. You must either do it as root, or to work with sudoer account (the best option !). | By default, ordinary users don't have the right to create Singularity containers. You must either do it as root, or to work with sudoer account (the best option !). | ||
= Creation of | = Creation of a containers = | ||
On this page, we will not explain all the methods that exist to build a container, this is already done [https://www.sylabs.io/guides/2.6/user-guide/build_a_container.html here]. Instead, we will illustrate one method that can rapidly be adopted. | On this page, we will not explain all the methods that exist to build a container, this is already done [https://www.sylabs.io/guides/2.6/user-guide/build_a_container.html here]. Instead, we will illustrate one method that can rapidly be adopted. | ||
== Creation of a container using a definition file == | == Creation of a container using a definition file == | ||
A definition file is a recipe to build a container starting from something else, generally another Singularity or Docker container. Let's create a definition file 'test1.def' with the following content : | |||
{{{ | |||
Bootstrap: docker | |||
From: centos:latest | |||
}}} | |||
Revision as of 15:05, 30 October 2018
Prerequisites
By default, ordinary users don't have the right to create Singularity containers. You must either do it as root, or to work with sudoer account (the best option !).
Creation of a containers
On this page, we will not explain all the methods that exist to build a container, this is already done here. Instead, we will illustrate one method that can rapidly be adopted.
Creation of a container using a definition file
A definition file is a recipe to build a container starting from something else, generally another Singularity or Docker container. Let's create a definition file 'test1.def' with the following content : {{{ Bootstrap: docker
From: centos:latest }}}
Sources
- Singularity website -> explanations to build a container on this page.