Services on COMPS with containers

When using idmtools and containers on COMPS you can use the following two options:

• Container builder service

• Running simulations using containers

Container builder service

The container builder service in idmtools allows you to create a Singularity Image File (SIF), the Singularity container file to run in your HPC environment. For more in-depth information about the container builder service, see Container builder service.

Running simulations using containers

Whether you’ve used the container builder service in idmtools to create a new SIF file or you’ve downloaded a pre-existing SIF file you can then use it for running simulations with COMPS. For more in-depth information about using containers with COMPS, see Using Singularity in COMPS.