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singularity-container-manager

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Singularity container management skill for HPC-compatible containerized execution

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Singularity Container Manager Skill

Purpose

Provide Singularity container management for HPC-compatible containerized execution.

Capabilities

  • Container building from recipes
  • Registry pull and caching
  • Bind mount configuration
  • GPU passthrough
  • MPI integration
  • Security compliance for HPC

Usage Guidelines

  • Build containers from definition files
  • Cache containers for repeated use
  • Configure bind mounts appropriately
  • Enable GPU for accelerated workloads
  • Integrate with MPI for parallel computing
  • Ensure HPC security compliance

Dependencies

  • Singularity/Apptainer
  • Docker
  • BioContainers

Process Integration

  • Reproducible Research Workflow (reproducible-research)
  • All analysis pipelines