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Job submission can be direct using the HTCondor batch system from the UIs or via Grid middleware from an UI that can be located anywhere.

In the latter case authentication and authorization are by default managed through Virtual Organizations (VO) [12]. To became member of the VO, the user needs a personal certificate and has to enroll on a VOMS Server.

Some examples of VOs hosted in CNAF VOMS servers (they are all replicated in another site, normally Padova or Naples) are:

Information about VOs can be found at:

Infrastructure

CNAF Tier1 has replaced LSF by HTCondor in the first half of 2020. The infrastructure consists of:

On a UI the user can submit a job to the submit node, which then deals with the routing to the central manager, responsible for dispatching the jobs to the worker nodes.

CEs in production:

HTCondor docs and guides are available here [6], [7].

HTCondor jobs

HTCondor is a job scheduler. You give HTCondor a file containing commands that tell it how to run jobs. HTCondor locates a machine that can run each job within the pool of machines, packages up the job and ships it off to this execute machine. The jobs run, and output is returned to the machine that submitted the jobs.

For HTCondor to run a job, it must be given details such as the names and location of the executable and all needed input files. These details are specified in the submit description file.

A simple example of an executable is a sleep job that waits for 40 seconds and then exits:

#!/bin/bash
# file name: sleep.sh

TIMETOWAIT="40"
echo "sleeping for $TIMETOWAIT seconds"
/bin/sleep $TIMETOWAIT

To submit this sample job, we need to specify all the details such as the names and location of the executable and all needed input files creating a submit description file where each line has the form

command name = value

like this:

# Unix submit description file
# sleep.sub -- simple sleep job

executable              = sleep.sh
log                     = sleep.log
output                  = outfile.txt
error                   = errors.txt
should_transfer_files   = Yes
when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
queue

Submit local jobs

To submit jobs locally, i.e. from CNAF UI, use the following command:

  • condor_submit. The following options are required:
    • -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it: to correctly address the job to the submit node;
    • -spool: to transfer the input files and keep a local copy of the output files;
    • the submit description file (a .sub file containing the relevant information for the batch system), to be indicated as argument.

For example:

-bash-4.2$ condor_submit -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it -spool sleep.sub
Submitting job(s).
1 job(s) submitted to cluster 6798880.

where 6798880 is the cluster id.

To see all jobs launched by a user locally on a submit node use

condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it <user>

In example:

-bash-4.2$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it arendina


-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 07/29/20 11:11:57
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
arendina ID: 6785585 7/28 15:35 _ _ _ 1 6785585.0
arendina ID: 6785603 7/28 15:46 _ _ _ 1 6785603.0
arendina ID: 6798880 7/29 10:19 _ _ _ 1 6798880.0

Total for query: 3 jobs; 3 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended
Total for all users: 47266 jobs; 35648 completed, 3 removed, 6946 idle, 4643 running, 26 held, 0 suspended

To get the list of held jobs and the held reason add the option

-held

Whereas, to see informations about a single job use

condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it <cluster id>

To investigate why does a job end up in a 'Held' state:

condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it <cluster id> -af HoldReason

and to get more detailed information use the option

-better-analyze

For example:

-bash-4.2$ condor_q -better-analyze -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 6805590

-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?...
The Requirements expression for job 6805590.000 is

(TARGET.Arch == "X86_64") && (TARGET.OpSys == "LINUX") && (TARGET.Disk >= RequestDisk) &&
(TARGET.Memory >= RequestMemory) && (TARGET.HasFileTransfer)

Job 6805590.000 defines the following attributes:

DiskUsage = 20
ImageSize = 275
MemoryUsage = ((ResidentSetSize + 1023) / 1024)
RequestDisk = DiskUsage
RequestMemory = ifthenelse(MemoryUsage =!= undefined,MemoryUsage,(ImageSize + 1023) / 1024)
ResidentSetSize = 0

The Requirements expression for job 6805590.000 reduces to these conditions:

Slots
Step Matched Condition
----- -------- ---------
[0] 24584 TARGET.Arch == "X86_64"
[1] 24584 TARGET.OpSys == "LINUX"
[3] 24584 TARGET.Disk >= RequestDisk
[5] 24584 TARGET.Memory >= RequestMemory
[7] 24584 TARGET.HasFileTransfer


6805590.000: Job is completed.

Last successful match: Wed Jul 29 16:37:03 2020


6805590.000: Run analysis summary ignoring user priority. Of 829 machines,
0 are rejected by your job's requirements
122 reject your job because of their own requirements
0 match and are already running your jobs
0 match but are serving other users
707 are able to run your job

It is possible to format the output of condor_q with the option -af :

-af list specific attributes
-af:j shows the attribute names
-af:th formats a nice table

The job outputs cannot be copied automatically. The user should launch:

condor_transfer_data -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it <cluster id>

with the cluster id returned by condor_submit command at submission:

-bash-4.2$ condor_transfer_data -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 6806037
Fetching data files...
-bash-4.2$ ls
ce_testp308.sub errors.txt outfile.txt sleep.log sleep.sh sleep.sub test.sub

At the end, to remove a job use the command condor_rm:

-bash-4.2$ condor_rm -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 6806037
All jobs in cluster 6806037 have been marked for removal


Also, to fix the submit node you want to submit the job you can launch the command

export _condor_SCHEDD_HOST=sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it

and the commands to submit and check the job become easier:

-bash-4.2$ export _condor_SCHEDD_HOST=sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it
-bash-4.2$ condor_submit sleep.sub
Submitting job(s).
1 job(s) submitted to cluster 8178760.
-bash-4.2$ condor_q 8178760


-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 09/02/20 10:25:30
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
arendina ID: 8178760 9/2 10:25 _ _ 1 1 8178760.0

Total for query: 1 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 1 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended
Total for all users: 32798 jobs; 13677 completed, 2 removed, 13991 idle, 5115 running, 13 held, 0 suspended

Submit Grid jobs

First, create the proxy:

voms-proxy-init --voms <vo name>

then you can submit the job with the following commands:

export _condor_SEC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION_METHODS=GSI
condor_submit -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -remote ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it -spool sleep.sub

For example:

-bash-4.2$ export _condor_SEC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION_METHODS=GSI
-bash-4.2$ condor_submit -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -remote ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it -spool sleep.sub
Submitting job(s).
1 job(s) submitted to cluster 2015349.


where "sleep.sub" is the submit file:

# Unix submit description file
# sleep.sub -- simple sleep job

use_x509userproxy = true
# needed for all the operation where a certificate is required

+owner = undefined

delegate_job_GSI_credentials_lifetime = 0
# this has to be included if the proxy will last more than 24h, otherwise it will be reduced to 24h automatically

executable              = sleep.sh
log                     = sleep.log
output                  = outfile.txt
error                   = errors.txt
should_transfer_files   = Yes
when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
queue

that differs from the sleep.sub file that has been submitted locally by the command name:

+owner = undefined

that allows the computing element to identify the user through the voms-proxy.

Note that the submit description file of a grid job is basically different from one that has to be submitted locally.

To check the job status of a single job use

condor_q -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it <cluster id>

So, for the previous example we have

-bash-4.2$ condor_q -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it 2015349


-- Schedd: ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.41:9619?... @ 07/29/20 17:02:21
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
virgo008 ID: 2015349 7/29 16:59 _ _ 1 1 2015349.0

Total for query: 1 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 1 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended
Total for all users: 31430 jobs; 8881 completed, 2 removed, 676 idle, 1705 running, 20166 held, 0 suspended

The user is mapped through the voms-proxy in the user name virgo008 as owner of the job. Then, to get the list of the submitted jobs of a user just change <cluster id> with <owner>:

-bash-4.2$ condor_q -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it virgo008

-- Schedd: ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.41:9619?... @ 07/29/20 17:09:42
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
virgo008 ID: 2014655 7/29 11:30 _ _ _ 1 2014655.0
virgo008 ID: 2014778 7/29 12:24 _ _ _ 1 2014778.0
virgo008 ID: 2014792 7/29 12:40 _ _ _ 1 2014792.0
virgo008 ID: 2015159 7/29 15:11 _ _ _ 1 2015159.0
virgo008 ID: 2015161 7/29 15:12 _ _ _ 1 2015161.0
virgo008 ID: 2015184 7/29 15:24 _ _ _ 1 2015184.0
virgo008 ID: 2015201 7/29 15:33 _ _ _ 1 2015201.0
virgo008 ID: 2015207 7/29 15:39 _ _ _ 1 2015207.0
virgo008 ID: 2015217 7/29 15:43 _ _ _ 1 2015217.0
virgo008 ID: 2015224 7/29 15:47 _ _ _ 1 2015224.0
virgo008 ID: 2015349 7/29 16:59 _ _ _ 1 2015349.0

Total for query: 11 jobs; 11 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended
Total for all users: 31429 jobs; 8898 completed, 3 removed, 591 idle, 1737 running, 20200 held, 0 suspended

As in the local case, to get the job outputs the user shoud launch

condor_transfer_data -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it <cluster id>

with the cluster id returned by condor_submit command at submission:

-bash-4.2$ condor_transfer_data -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it 2015217
Fetching data files...
-bash-4.2$ ls
ce_testp308.sub errors.txt outfile.txt sleep.log sleep.sh sleep.sub test.sub

And to remove a job submitted via grid:

-bash-4.2$ condor_rm -pool ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it:9619 -name ce02-htc.cr.cnaf.infn.it 2015217
All jobs in cluster 2015217 have been marked for removal

Experiment share usage

If a user wants to know the usage of an entire experiment goup, in particular to see the number of jobs submitted by each experiment user, the command is

condor_q -all -name sn-01 -cons 'AcctGroup == "<exp-name>"' -af Owner jobstatus | sort | uniq -c

The output will look like this

-bash-4.2$ condor_q -all -name sn-01 -cons 'AcctGroup == "pulp-fiction"' -af Owner jobstatus | sort | uniq -c
1 MWallace 1
3 VVega 4
20 Wolf 4
572 JulesW 1
1606 Ringo 4
1 Butch 2
5 Jody 4

In the first column there is the number of submitted jobs, in the second there is the user who has submitted them and in the third there is the jobs' status (1=pending, 2=running, 3=removed, 4=completed, 5=held, 6=submission_err).

Examples

All the options and the submit description commands of the condor_submit command are available in the Command Reference Manual [26]. Also for a short guide on the submit description file and its commands you can see the Appendix A.

Some helpful examples follow below.

CPUs, GPUs and RAM requests

Generally, for a job it could be useful to specify the number of CPUs or maybe it would be better to specify the amount of required RAM with the options

  • request_cpus = <number of CPUs>

  • request_memory = <RAM amount in MB>

in the command lines of the job submit file. For example, this can be the script of a submit description file with specific requests of CPUs and RAM:

-bash-4.2$ cat sleep.sub
# Unix submit description file
# sleep.sub -- simple sleep job

request_cpus = 2
request_memory = 1000
executable = sleep.sh
log = sleep.log
output = outfile.txt
error = errors.txt
should_transfer_files = Yes
when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
queue

On the other hand, if your job has to use GPUs for running, you have to insert the right requirement

+WantGPU = true

and then you can specify the number of requested GPUs like before: request_gpus = <number of GPUs>.

Jobs with ROOT-program as executable

First of all, you have to setup ROOT before using it. Your collaboration may have installed a ROOT distribution in /opt/exp_software (which is a location shared between the user-interface and the worker nodes). 

In this case you should find one or more ROOT installation directories there:

[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ ls /opt/exp_software/cta/local_software/root/
5.34.26  5.34.36  5.34.38  root  root-6.10.08  root-6.16.00  root_build_5.34.38

so you can choose your preferred version with a submit file like the following one:

[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ cat test.sub 
universe = vanilla
executable = test.sh
arguments = 5.34.26
output = job.out
error = job.err
log = job.log
WhenToTransferOutput = ON_EXIT
ShouldTransferFiles = YES
queue 1

where the executable file has this content:

[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
source /storage/gpfs_data/ctalocal/fornaricta/test_wunderli/root_config.sh $1
/opt/exp_software/cta/local_software/root/$1/bin/root -b -q
[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$

and the configuration script (located on a gpfs path, shared between the user-interface and the worker nodes) is:

[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ cat /storage/gpfs_data/ctalocal/fornaricta/test_wunderli/root_config.sh
#!/bin/bash
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/exp_software/cta/local_software/root/$1/lib/root:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]

Submitting:

[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ condor_submit -spool -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it test.sub 
Submitting job(s).
1 job(s) submitted to cluster 5824045.
[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 5824045.0




-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 07/08/20 18:54:17
OWNER      BATCH_NAME     SUBMITTED   DONE   RUN    IDLE  TOTAL JOB_IDS
fornaricta ID: 5824045   7/8  18:54      _      _      1      1 5824045.0


Total for query: 1 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 1 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended 
Total for all users: 45425 jobs; 25623 completed, 3 removed, 13181 idle, 5297 running, 1321 held, 0 suspended


[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 5824045.0




-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 07/08/20 18:55:03
OWNER      BATCH_NAME     SUBMITTED   DONE   RUN    IDLE  TOTAL JOB_IDS
fornaricta ID: 5824045   7/8  18:54      _      1      _      1 5824045.0


Total for query: 1 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 1 running, 0 held, 0 suspended 
Total for all users: 45474 jobs; 25644 completed, 3 removed, 13222 idle, 5286 running, 1319 held, 0 suspended


[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 5824045.0




-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 07/08/20 18:55:04
OWNER      BATCH_NAME     SUBMITTED   DONE   RUN    IDLE  TOTAL JOB_IDS
fornaricta ID: 5824045   7/8  18:54      _      _      _      1 5824045.0


Total for query: 1 jobs; 1 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended 
Total for all users: 45476 jobs; 25646 completed, 3 removed, 13223 idle, 5284 running, 1320 held, 0 suspended


[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ condor_transfer_data -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 5824045.0
Fetching data files...
[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ cat job.err
[fornaricta@ui-tier1 test_wunderli]$ cat job.out 
  *******************************************
  *                                         *
  *        W E L C O M E  to  R O O T       *
  *                                         *
  *   Version   5.34/26  20 February 2015   *
  *                                         *
  *  You are welcome to visit our Web site  *
  *          http://root.cern.ch            *
  *                                         *
  *******************************************


ROOT 5.34/26 (v5-34-26@v5-34-26, Jun 16 2015, 18:41:55 on linuxx8664gcc)


CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.18.00, July 2, 2010
Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements.
Enclose multiple statements between { }


If no ROOT installation is available in /opt/exp_software, you can source one of the multiple distributions available from CVMFS:

[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ ls /cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/ROOT/
5.34.24-64287 6.06.06-71859 6.10.00-8b404 6.12.04-4473c 6.12.06-76fef 6.14.00-66c89 
6.14.04-2a3e5 6.14.04-dedca 6.16.00-23725 6.16.00-5be98 6.16.00-b4729 6.18.00-d0330 ...

For instance:

[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ cat test.sub
universe = vanilla
Executable = test.sh
ShouldTransferFiles = YES
WhenToTransferOutput = ON_EXIT
Log = log.log
Output = log.out
Error = log.err
queue 1
[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
. /cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/setupViews.sh LCG_96python3 x86_64-centos7-gcc8-opt
root -b -q
[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ condor_submit -spool -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it test.sub
Submitting job(s).
1 job(s) submitted to cluster 8445482.
[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 8445482


-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 09/10/20 17:21:42
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
fornarivirgo ID: 8445482 9/10 17:21 _ _ 1 1 8445482.0

Total for query: 1 jobs; 0 completed, 0 removed, 1 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended 
Total for all users: 39956 jobs; 21240 completed, 2 removed, 13371 idle, 4218 running, 1125 held, 0 suspended

[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ condor_q -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 8445482


-- Schedd: sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it : <131.154.192.58:9618?... @ 09/10/20 17:23:58
OWNER BATCH_NAME SUBMITTED DONE RUN IDLE TOTAL JOB_IDS
fornarivirgo ID: 8445482 9/10 17:21 _ _ _ 1 8445482.0

Total for query: 1 jobs; 1 completed, 0 removed, 0 idle, 0 running, 0 held, 0 suspended 
Total for all users: 39959 jobs; 21288 completed, 2 removed, 13341 idle, 4202 running, 1126 held, 0 suspended

[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ condor_transfer_data -name sn-01.cr.cnaf.infn.it 8445482
Fetching data files...
[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ cat log.err 
[fornarivirgo@ui01-virgo root_test]$ cat log.out
------------------------------------------------------------
| Welcome to ROOT 6.18/00 https://root.cern                |
| (c) 1995-2019, The ROOT Team                             |
| Built for linuxx8664gcc on Jun 25 2019, 09:22:23         |
| From tags/v6-18-00@v6-18-00                              |
| Try '.help', '.demo', '.license','.credits', '.quit'/'.q'|
------------------------------------------------------------

Singularity in batch jobs

All the CNAF computing servers support containerization through Singularity [24] . Singularity is a containerization tool for running software in a reproducible way on various different platforms. With the advent of new operating systems, programming languages, and libraries, containers offer a sustainable solution for running old software. The software is shipped in so-called image, i.e. a file or folder containing a minimal operating system, the application to run and all its dependencies.
This section of the Tier-1 User Guide is intended to drive the user towards a transition from a native application workflow to one based on containers.
Singularity supports several image formats:

  • Singularity .img files
  • Singularity images in registry via the shub:// protocol
  • Docker images in registry via the docker:// protocol
  • a tar archive, eventually bzipped or gzipped
  • a folder

Obtain images

Official images for official software may have already been prepared by the software group within your experiment and be available through a shared filesystem (such as CVMFS), SingularityHub or other supported repository. Please check with your software manager about the support to Singularity.

Create a new image using a recipe (expert users)

A singularity recipe is a text file that contains all the instructions and configurations needed to build an image. It is organized in a header and a number of optional sections. The header is composed by a list of configuration settings in the form of "keyword: value" describing the system to use as base for the new image. Sections are identified by the % sign followed by a keyword. For a detailed list of all possible sections refer to [25].
An example of recipe file follows:

## Assume the file is called Recipe.txt and the final image is named name.img

# Headers
BootStrap: docker
From: cern/slc6-base

## Help section
%help
This text will be available by running

singularity help name.img

%labels
## Metadata to store (available through "singularity inspect name.img")
AUTHOR Carmelo Pellegrino
VERSION 1.0

## Environment variables setup
%environment
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

## Files to be copied in image from host system
%files
# source (in host system) [destination (in container, default "/")]
./code/ /

## Commands to execute in container during image building, after bootstrap
%post
yum -y update && yum -y upgrade && \
yum -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs \
devtoolset-6 compat-gcc-34-g77 \
cernlib-g77-devel cernlib-g77-utils

## Commands to be executed in default container instantiation
%runscript
exec /bin/bash


Build it with:

sudo singularity build name.img Recipe.txt

NOTE: since building a new image requires root access on the host system, it will not be possible on CNAF computing resources.

Run software

Singularity allows to run image-shipped software by simply prepending the singularity exec image.img text on the command line. The current working directory (CWD) is maintained and non-system files are available, so that, for example, the output of the ls command run in a container is not very different from the same command run natively.

Suppose the g77 compiler version 3.4 is contained in the name.img image. Example commands and their output follow:

$ cat hw.f
      program hello_world
      implicit none
      write ( *, * ) 'Hello, world!'
      stop
      end 
 $ singularity exec name.img g77 --version # i.e.: "g77 --version" runs in a container
GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-19.el6)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
GNU Fortran comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Fortran
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING
or type the command `info -f g77 Copying'. 
 $ singularity exec name.img g77 hw.f -o hw
 $ singularity exec name.img ./hw
  Hello, world!

If a particular external folder is not available in container, for example exp_software or cvmfs, it can be forcedly bound by means of the -B orig:dest command line option. Many folders can also be bound at the same time:

$ singularity exec -B /cvmfs/:/cvmfs/ -B /opt/exp_software/:/opt/exp_software/ name.img ./hw

How to run Geant4 using Singularity

Geant4 needs old verion of “liblzma” and “libpcre” libraries related to Scien-tific Linux 6, for this reason an SL6 environment (using Singularity container) is therefore required to compile/execute the software from there.

Recompile Geant4 inside a container instantiated from a Singularity image with SL6 (usually provided by CNAF User Support), so that the libraries used are actually those that require Geant4. To do this, just start a Singularity container with the following command:

$ singularity exec /opt/exp_software/cupid/UI_SL6.img /bin/bash
Singularity>

then in the folder where the Geant sources are present, they can be recompiled.

If it is necessary to be able to access a host operating system path, simply use the ``-B'' (binding path) option specifying the host path separated from the mountpoint in the container using the colons. For example, to access /opt/exp_software/cupid, change the previous command to:

$ singularity exec -B /opt/exp_software:/opt/exp_software /opt/exp_software/cupid/UI_SL6.img /bin/bash
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Once Geant has been recompiled, to submit job with bsub, the executable must be written in order to launch the commands related Geant within the Singularity container.

To perform, for example, the “cuspide” application, a line like the following must be inserted in the script:

singularity exec --no-home -B /opt/exp_software:/opt/exp_software /opt/exp_software/cupid/UI_SL6.img /opt/exp_software/cupid/geant4/bin/10.04.p02/cuspide

where the ``--no-home'' option causes Singularity to avoid mounting the user's home, since the job, not having the permissions to do so, would fail if it did.








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