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The purpose of this page is to describe how you can install and configure CVMFS on ''your'' computer or cluster, so that you can access the same repositories on your system that are available on Compute Canada systems. | The purpose of this page is to describe how you can install and configure CVMFS on ''your'' computer or cluster, so that you can access the same repositories on your system that are available on Compute Canada systems. | ||
The software environment that you can access using the information on this page has been presented at the conference Practices and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2019 (PEARC 2019). The corresponding paper [https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/pearc/pearc19_program/views/includes/files/pap139s3-file1.pdf can be found here]. | |||
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Revision as of 23:14, 14 June 2019
This is not a complete article: This is a draft, a work in progress that is intended to be published into an article, which may or may not be ready for inclusion in the main wiki. It should not necessarily be considered factual or authoritative.
Introduction[edit]
Compute Canada provides repositories of software and data via a file system called CVMFS. On Compute Canada systems, CVMFS is already set up for you, so the repositories are automatically available for your use. For more information on using the Compute Canada software environment, please refer to available software and using modules.
The purpose of this page is to describe how you can install and configure CVMFS on your computer or cluster, so that you can access the same repositories on your system that are available on Compute Canada systems.
The software environment that you can access using the information on this page has been presented at the conference Practices and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2019 (PEARC 2019). The corresponding paper can be found here.
Before you start[edit]
Note that our repositories are provided without any warranty. If you are planning to use our software environment, we ask that you first contact us.
Supported platforms[edit]
CVMFS clients are available for a variety of operating systems and architectures.