====== Container Technology ======

Building more complex processing and analysis pipelines within a container can offer several advantages:

   * The container fully encapsulates the job and all software dependencies
   * Software dependencies do not need to be installed on the HPC facility
   * Your workflow can easily be replicated or moved between other systems
   * You can run //pre-built// job containers which application developers publish

The **Comet** HPC facility supports the following container tools:

   * [[#docker|Docker]]
   * [[#apptainer|Apptainer]]
   * [[#apptainer|Singularity]] - Now //deprecated// and replaced by [[#apptainer|Apptainer]]
   * [[#podman|Podman]] - RedHat Linux specific container toolset, largely compatible with Docker

<WRAP todo round>
**This section is incomplete**

This documentation section on //Container Technology// is still being written and will not be complete until the **Comet** HPC facility is fully commissioned.
</WRAP>
===== Docker =====

===== Apptainer =====

===== Podman =====



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