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iLCSoft / iLCInstall

Python scripts to install iLCSoft software and dependencies
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Dockerfiles with CVMFS installation #122

Closed rete closed 4 years ago

rete commented 4 years ago

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rete commented 4 years ago

@gaede @EnginEren FYI

EnginEren commented 4 years ago

That's really cool Remi! To be honest, I was afraid of this --privileged stuff. This is the only option for the local desktop/laptop. For instance, if I tried to run this in maxwell, I would be banished/cursed by IT guys :)

I will give a try to run this with singularity in NAF / maxwell.

PS: there is no installation of docker in NAF as far as I know. Only singularity

rete commented 4 years ago

This installation is mainly meant to be used on private PC. It's light because it doesn't contain the full stack and usually you have the root password (thus privileges) on these machines. The image I think is only 1 Gb

rete commented 4 years ago

Also, CVMFS is installed in the image, but only mounted when a container is created. If you have issues providing the flag --privileged, then docker will complain first. Also if you don't give this flag then CVMFS mount will fail with an explicit error.

gaede commented 4 years ago

@rete just saw that you merged this already - nice. Anyways, I think it would be good to add an example to the README for the usage where one mounts local disks to actually have access to data files to process and also be able to write out results...

rete commented 4 years ago

@gaede I put a bit more extended documentation for users here: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/ilcsoft/ilcsoft-cvmfs-sl6 This link is also in the release notes. The readme in iLCInstall is for developper only, how to regenerate the image, quick instructions how to run it, ... not really user oriented (on purpose). Tell me what you think about this link