Belgium
Docker and Apptainer (Singularity) for reproducible and automated data analysis
Date: 31 March - 1 April 2025
Language of instruction: English
The container workshop will give an introduction to Docker & Apptainer which are great components to achieve portability and reproducibility of your analysis. You will learn how to use containers and how to build a container from scratch, share it with others and how to re-use and modify existing containers. After an extensive explanation on Docker containers, the Apptainer application, previously Singularity, and its use in the HPC will be highlighted as well. This course is part of a micro-credential track; a micro-credential has the added value of being like a mini-diploma. When following the full track, you will be able to improve the reproducibility of your research. Check this opportunity: Reproducible Data Analysis: an Essential Capability in Modern Science (registration for micro-credential closes 20/2/2025)
Keywords: advanced bioinformatics, ELIXIR, programming, research data management
Venue: Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II, Technologiepark 75
City: Zwijnaarde
Country: Belgium
Postcode: 9052
Learning objectives:
- “Build and run a Docker image and containers”
- “Docker cashing”
- “Docker files and layers”
- “Learn the concept of and the difference between Docker & Apptainer (Singularity) containers”
- “Pull Docker containers as an Apptainer (Singularity) image”
- “Pull and push Docker container to/ from Docker hub”
- “Use Apptainer on HPC”
- “Working with volumes”
- “Write a Docker recipe”
Organizer: VIB
Event types:
- Workshops and courses
Sponsors: ELIXIR Belgium
Instructors: 
Alexander Botzki, Bruna Piereck, Tatiana Woller
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