Submit Singularity job in VRE Workbench Tool
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VRE users are able to run singularity container in VRE workbench tool of VM connected through Guacamole.
1. VRE Workbench Tool of Gucamole VM
Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway that supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. Guacamole has been integrated into the VRE using a Single Sign-On Protocol and is configured on a per-project basis. For more details on
- What is Guacamole VM workbench tool?
- How to request access to my project's Guacamole VM workbench tool?
- How to access into Guacamole VM and launch terminal?
Please visit this page: VRE User Guide/Analyzing Data/Gucamole
2. Submit Singularity Job
Users can run singularity container in Guacamole VM by running following scripts in the terminal:
- singularity help [pull|build|run|exec|shell]
- singularity run <library://, docker://, and shub:// URIs or imageFileName>
$ singularity run docker://busybox$ singularity run library://sylabsed/examples/lolcow
- singularity pull <library://, docker://, and shub:// URIs>
$ singularity pull library://sylabsed/examples/lolcow$ lslolcow_latest.sif
- singularity build
$ singularity build lolcow-for-chance.sif library://sylabsed/examples/lolcow$ lslolcow-for-chance.sif
- singularity exec <library://, docker://, and shub:// URIs or imageFileName>
$ singularity exec lolcow_latest.sif cowsay moo
- singularity shell <library://, docker://, and shub:// URIs or imageFileName>
$ singularity shell lolcow_latest.sif
For more detailed, please refer to the official website.
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