Is this for single nodes only or is it applicable to hpc clusters? If it is, can you provide a guide for how to do so? There will of course be differences between job systems and network file system setups etc, but an example to be adapted would be useful, if it's possible.
Martin 30. mai 2015 13.20 skrev "Garth N. Wells" <[email protected]>: > A collection of images for running FEniCS inside Linux containers > using Docker (https://www.docker.com/) are now available. With a > container image, a FEniCS environment can be quickly and reliably > created with just one line. There is no performance difference with > respect to a 'native installation' (including when running in parallel > with MPI), and once downloaded a container can be launched > near-instantly. This provides immediately a shell within which FEniCS > code can be executed. In many cases, the Docker images will be faster > than user installations on the same system as we have tuned the builds > for performance. > > Once you have Docker installed, getting a FEniCS release environment > is as simple as: > > docker run -t -i fenicsproject/stable-ppa:latest > > To launch the container and mount the current directory inside the > container: > > docker run -v $(pwd)/build:/home/fenics/build -t -i > fenicsproject/stable-ppa:latest > > You can launch as many containers as you wish. > > The images are built and hosted on Dockerhub at > https://registry.hub.docker.com/repos/fenicsproject/. At present we > provide three images: > > 1. A release environment based in the latest release PPA > (https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/fenicsproject/stable-ppa/) > > 2. A pre-built, recent development version snapshot of FEniCS > (https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/fenicsproject/dev/), which includes > a script for updating the FEniCS build. > > 3. A FEniCS development environment image, which provides all the > necessary FEniCS dependencies but does not provide FEniCS. This image > is suitable for developers who wish to build the FEniCS libraries > themselves. It provides a script for building or updating a > development version of FEniCS. Image (2) builds on this image. > > Instructions for launching the containers are provided on the > Dockerhub page for each image. > > The images are based on a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS image that is tailored to > Docker containers. For those who are interested, the Dockerfiles are > hosted at https://github.com/fenics/docker, and new images are > automatically built on Dockerhub when a change is pushed to the > repository that holds the Dockerfiles. The Dockerfiles provide > advanced users with a guide on how to create customised FEniCS > environments. > > There will be live demonstrations of Docker use at the FEniCS'15 > Workshop. We'll be refining guides to using Linux containers with > FEniCS as we get feedback. Please send any feedback on the containers > to [email protected], and register any issues at > https://github.com/FEniCS/docker/issues. > > Garth, Jack and Larry > _______________________________________________ > fenics mailing list > [email protected] > http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics >
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