Topical Sustainable Computing Workshop on Containers

Friday 28 Mar 2025, 09:00 → 13:00 Europe/Berlin

SR 2 (Building 2a) (DESY HH)

Workshop on containers

This workshop will introduce the topic of containers: how to use them on the NAF and how to build them. We will introduce the basics as well as more advanced topics, including building your own container with Apptainer on the NAF. The hands-on exercises will take an example physics use-case and employ CMS open data. If you have no or little experience with containers, this workshop is for you.

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Prerequisites: Basics of working with git and github/gitlab, some experience in
writing code (either python or c++) and working on linux. You will also need your own laptop for the workshop.

 

 

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Zoom: https://desy.zoom.us/j/65183923946

 

Passcode: 550365

 

Mattermost channel: https://chat.desy.de/desy/channels/fh-sustainable-computing-workshop
 

Live notes for last minute updates: 

Gitlab repository for the workshop: https://gitlab.desy.de/fh-sustainability-forum/sustainable-coding-tutorial

1 Opening

Speaker: Juliette Alimena (DESY (CMS))

Welcome_SustainableComputingWorkshopOnContainers_28Mar2025.pdf

2 Introduction to Containers

Speaker: Christoph Wissing (DESY)

Lecture.pdf

3 Containers on the NAF

• Hands-on example
• Run a container on the NAF
• Execute a batch job in a container

Speaker: Christoph Beyer (IT (IT Systems))

containers_in_the_naf.odp

containers_in_the_naf.pdf

10:20 Coffee break

4 Building your own container with Apptainer on the NAF

• Build your own container with an analysis chain
• Exercise on CMS open data

Speaker: Ben Brueers (Z_ATUP (ATLAS-Upgrade))

2025-03-28_Make_your_own_container.pdf

Google Slides

12:10 Stretch

5 Building a container with GitLab CI

Speaker: Tigran Mkrtchyan (DESY-IT, Scientific Computing)

sustainable-computing-containers.pdf

6 Wrap Up and Closing Survey

Speaker: Juliette Alimena (DESY (CMS))

closeout survey