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==Enabling CVMFS on your VM== <!--T:3--> | ==Enabling CVMFS on your VM== <!--T:3--> | ||
CVMFS is a [https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ CERN-VM] based file system that provides a scalable, reliable, and low maintenance research software distribution service. At the client end, users just need to mount CVMFS and then | CVMFS is a [https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ CERN-VM] based file system that provides a scalable, reliable, and low maintenance research software distribution service. At the client end, users just need to mount CVMFS and then use the software or libraries directly without worrying about compiling, building, or patching. All the software are compiled for common OS flavors and even modulized so that users can simply load a software as a module. | ||
CVMFS has already been pre-installed on Compute Canada cluster systems such as Cedar, Graham, Beluga while on cloud systems, users need to enable it by hand. | CVMFS has already been pre-installed on Compute Canada cluster systems such as Cedar, Graham, Beluga while on cloud systems, users need to enable it by hand. | ||
Here is the instruction: [https://github.com/ComputeCanada/cvmfs/tree/main/cvmfs_on_cloud To enable CVMFS on CC Clouds]. | Here is the instruction: [https://github.com/ComputeCanada/cvmfs/tree/main/cvmfs_on_cloud To enable CVMFS on CC Clouds]. |