HPC Containers: Introduction to Podman and Apptainer
Organised by EPCC in Edinburgh, this workshop is hosted in person at Newcastle University.
Book with EPCC: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/courses/261112-containers/
(see note below on registration process)
Pre-requisite: HPC Carpentry or experienced HPC User
If you are not already using HPC, please attend both:
- The Unix Shell Workshop (book at https://pretix.eu/ncl/, lesson materials https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice)
- and the Introduction to HPC (book at https://pretix.eu/ncl/, lesson materials https://newcastlerse-training.github.io/hpc-intro-comet/)
before attending this workshop.
Aims
This session aims to introduce the use of Podman and Apptainer containers with the goal of using them to effect reproducible computational environments.
The practical work in this lesson is primarily aimed at using Podman on your own laptop and Apptainer on a remote HPC system. Beyond your laptop, software container technologies such as Podman can also be used in the cloud and on high performance computing (HPC) systems. Some of the material in this lesson will be applicable to those environments too.
Requirements
- If you have access to Comet HPC, this can be used for the entire workshop
- If you do not have access to Comet HPC, you need to pre-install the required software (admin rights needed) on your laptop and follow registration instructions for Cirrus HPC, which will be provided by EPCC on booking.
Registration Process
EPCC Course registration is done within SAFE, the system used to arrange logins for ARCHER2 national supercomputer. You will need to create an account and upload a public key. The service desk (support@archer2.ac.uk) are happy to help you with this process.
Questions?
Feel free to reach out to us at training.researchcomputing@newcastle.ac.uk if you have any questions or difficulties registering.
2026-11-12
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Location: Marjorie Robinson Library, Ground Floor, Academic Skills Room https://what3words.com/small.mild.maple
Newcastle University
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