PEARC17: Reproducibility and Containers: The Perfect Sandwich
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Vanessa Sochat, Research Software Engineer, Stanford Research Computing Center, and Gregory Kurtzer, High Performance Computing Services group at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, present on their work with Singularity and Singularity Hub. Dear reader, how should you disseminate your software? If you want your recipe to come out just right, we encourage you to put it in a container. One such container, Singularity, is the first of its kind to be securely deployed internationally on more than 40 shared cluster resources. Its registry, Singularity Hub, further supports reproducible science by building and making containers accessible to any user of the software. In this talk, Vanessa will review the primary use cases for both Singularity and Singularity Hub, and how both have been designed to support modern, common workflows. (Greg will participate remotely.) She will discuss current and future challenges for building, capturing metadata for, and organizing the exploding landscape of containers, and present novel work for assessing reproducibility of such containers. Containers are changing scientific computing, and this is something to be excited about.
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PEARC17: Reproducibility and Containers: The Perfect Sandwich
- 1. SINGULARITY CONTAINERS FOR SCIENCE Vanessa Sochat, PhD Research Software Engineer Research Computing Stanford University
- 3. The Perfect Sandwich 1. Peanut Butter 2. Jelly 3. Bread 4. Spread on Bread 5. Eat
- 4. The Perfect Sandwich 1. Peanut Butter 2. Jelly 3. Bread 4. Spread on Bread 5. Eat
- 5. The Perfect Sandwich 1. Peanut Butter 2. Jelly 3. Bread 4. Spread on Bread 5. Eat
- 6. The Perfect Sandwich 1. Peanut Butter 2. Jelly 3. Bread 4. Spread on Bread 5. Eat
- 7. IS IT THE SAME SANDWICH?
- 8. SAME SAME, BUT DIFFERENT
- 9. SAME SAME, BUT DIFFERENT
- 10. WE COULD HAVE DONE WORSE...
- 11. Why does it taste different?
- 12. 1. Our recipe was not reproducible
- 13. 1. Our recipe was not reproducible 2. We had missing dependencies
- 14. 1. Our recipe was not reproducible 2. We had missing dependencies 3. The perfect sandwich might never be made again
- 15. 1. Our recipe was not reproducible 2. We had missing dependencies 3. The perfect sandwich might never be made again no ability to easily distribute or validate work
- 17. Introducing Singularity Give them the sandwich.
- 20. Why not Docker?
- 21. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT!
- 22. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT! Docker Well-known container platform
- 23. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT! Docker Well-known container platform Micro-service virtualization
- 24. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT! Docker Well-known container platform Micro-service virtualization Create + distribute containers
- 25. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT! Docker Well-known container platform Micro-service virtualization Create + distribute containers Reproducible
- 26. DOCKER IS (STILL) GREAT! Docker Well-known container platform Micro-service virtualization Create + distribute containers Reproducible Easy to use, well documented
- 27. WHY NOT DOCKER? Docker is not designed for,
- 28. WHY NOT DOCKER? Docker is not designed for, efficient for,
- 29. WHY NOT DOCKER? Docker is not designed for, efficient for, or even compatible with
- 30. WHY NOT DOCKER? Docker is not designed for, efficient for, or even compatible with traditional HPC architectures
- 31. WHY NOT DOCKER? Docker is not designed for, efficient for, or even compatible with traditional HPC architectures No centers run Docker on their traditional HPC
- 32. + HPC HPC ADMIN
- 33. HPC USER
- 35. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducible Science
- 37. How do I use it
- 39. Image Creation $ singularity create ubuntu.img $ singularity import ubuntu.img docker://ubuntu:14.04
- 40. Image Creation $ singularity create ubuntu.img $ singularity import ubuntu.img docker://ubuntu:14.04
- 41. Image Creation $ singularity create ubuntu.img $ singularity import ubuntu.img docker://ubuntu:14.04 $ singularity pull docker://ubuntu:14.04 ubuntu-14.04.img
- 42. Image Bootstrap $ singularity create ubuntu.img $ sudo singularity bootstrap ubuntu.img Singularity
- 43. Image Bootstrap $ singularity create ubuntu.img $ sudo singularity bootstrap ubuntu.img Singularity
- 45. Bootstrap: docker From: python:latest %post apt-get update apt-get install -y vim wget mkdir /cave Singularity
- 46. Bootstrap: docker From: python:latest %post apt-get update apt-get install -y vim wget mkdir /cave %labels MAINTAINER vanessasaurus Singularity
- 47. Bootstrap: docker From: python:latest %post apt-get update apt-get install -y vim wget mkdir /cave %labels MAINTAINER vanessasaurus %files /home/vanessa/Desktop/rawr.sh /cave/rawr.sh Singularity
- 48. Bootstrap: docker From: python:latest %post apt-get update apt-get install -y vim wget mkdir /cave %labels MAINTAINER vanessasaurus %files /home/vanessa/Desktop/rawr.sh /cave/rawr.sh %environment DINOSAUR_HOME=/cave export DINOSAUR_HOME Singularity
- 49. Bootstrap: docker From: python:latest %post apt-get update apt-get install -y vim wget mkdir /cave %labels MAINTAINER vanessasaurus %files /home/vanessa/Desktop/rawr.sh /cave/rawr.sh %environment DINOSAUR_HOME=/cave export DINOSAUR_HOME %runscript exec /bin/bash /cave/rawr.sh “$@” Singularity
- 51. Where does it live?
- 53. client (bash)
- 56. /home/vanessa/.singularity ├── docker ├── metadata └── shub /usr/local/var/singularity/ └── mnt ├── container ├── overlay └── session
- 57. /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
- 58. client /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
- 59. /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var src
- 60. /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var python
- 61. /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var mount
- 62. /usr/local/ ├── bin ├── etc ├── include ├── lib ├── libexec └── var config
- 63. How does it work?
- 64. Installation git clone https://www.github.com/singularityware/singularity.git cd singularity ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make sudo make install
- 65. Customizable by the HPC Admin SINGULARITY.CONF - bind/mount points - permissions - overlayfs
- 66. Customizable by the HPC Admin SINGULARITY.CONF - bind/mount points - permissions - overlayfs - config file must be root owned
- 67. Customizable by the HPC Admin SINGULARITY.CONF - bind/mount points - permissions - overlayfs - config file must be root owned - controls what user can/not do
- 68. Customizable by the HPC Admin SINGULARITY.CONF - bind/mount points - permissions - overlayfs - config file must be root owned - controls what user can/not do - dis/allow different devices
- 69. Customizable by the HPC Admin SINGULARITY.CONF - bind/mount points - permissions - overlayfs - config file must be root owned - controls what user can/not do - dis/allow different devices - paths, session dirs all controlled
- 70. If you want to be root inside the container, you must be root outside the container.
- 71. contained processes exit all namespaces collapse ...leaving a cleaned system
- 72. The Singularity Command singularity --debug run --contain sandwich.img
- 73. The Singularity Command singularity --debug run --contain sandwich.img <action>
- 74. The Singularity Command singularity --debug run --contain sandwich.img [global options]
- 75. The Singularity Command singularity --debug run --contain sandwich.img [command options]
- 76. The Singularity Command singularity --debug run --contain sandwich.img <image>
- 78. share sandwich?
- 79. Singularity Hub
- 80. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducible Science
- 81. WHERE IS THE BOTTLENECK?
- 82. SINGULARITY HUB: CONTAINER REGISTRY
- 83. COLLECTIONS
- 84. COLLECTION
- 86. CONTAINER BUILD
- 89. How does it work? :>
- 90. 1. Add bootstrap specification file to Github repo base
- 91. 1. Add bootstrap specification file to Github repo base 2. “Turn build on” in Singularity Hub
- 92. 1. Add bootstrap specification file to Github repo base 2. “Turn build on” in Singularity Hub 3. Commits are built automatically on Google Cloud
- 93. 1. Add bootstrap specification file to Github repo base 2. “Turn build on” in Singularity Hub 3. Commits are built automatically on Google Cloud 4. Accessible via command line
- 97. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducible Science
- 98. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducible Science What happens next?
- 99. container... predictions! Change in the movement of information
- 100. Change in the movement of information bits
- 101. Change in the movement of information bits file
- 102. Change in the movement of information bits file folder
- 103. Change in the movement of information bits file folder
- 104. Change in the movement of information bits file folder software
- 105. Change in the movement of information bits file folder software
- 106. Change in the movement of information bits file folder software apt-get install -y party-animal pip install party-animal
- 107. I’m missing dependencies. I didn’t get the same result What version of Python did you use? It doesn’t compile on my system!
- 108. The unit of information isn’t good enough.
- 109. Change in the movement of information bits file folder software os
- 110. Change in the movement of information bits file folder software osos containers
- 111. container... predictions! Change in the movement of information: put stuff in containers
- 112. Too many containers!
- 114. Which containers do genomic analysis?
- 115. Which containers do genomic analysis? Which containers do it best? How do we define best?
- 116. Which containers do genomic analysis? Which containers do it best? How do we define best? Which ones have the most varying result? Why?
- 118. I don’t know how to measure that.
- 119. Our representation of containers isn’t good enough
- 121. Expectation: This container makes the perfect sandwich!
- 122. Reality:
- 123. container... predictions! Change in the movement of information: put stuff in containers Change in the representation of containers: reproducibility metrics
- 124. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducibility Metrics
- 125. How is container C1 similar to container C2 ? C1 C2
- 129. C1 C2
- 130. Intersection of sets C1 and C2 C1 C2 Total sum of files in C1 and C2
- 131. C1 C2 Is container C1 similar to container C2 ?
- 132. C1 C2 Is container C1 similar to container C2 ? It depends who is asking
- 133. SONIC MADE IT THROUGH REPRODUCIBILITY LEVEL REPLICATE!
- 134. C1
- 135. Levels of Reproducibility Identical: the exact same image file
- 136. Levels of Reproducibility Identical: the exact same image file Replicate: the same image built at different times
- 137. Levels of Reproducibility Identical: the exact same image file Replicate: the same image built at different times Base: the core os is estimated to be the same
- 138. Levels of Reproducibility Identical: the exact same image file Replicate: the same image built at different times Base: the core os is estimated to be the same Runscript: the content of the runscript is the same Environment: the environments are the same Labels: the container labels are the same
- 139. What is a level of reproducibility? A set of files between containers that are compared via content hash
- 141. Intersection of sets C1 and C2 C1 C2 Total sum of files in C1 and C2
- 142. C1 C2 Reproducibility Assessment Algorithm “Hash Content Comparison” Intersection of sets C1 and C2 Total sum of files in C1 and C2
- 143. Do the levels behave as I would expect? Compare an image to itself
- 144. Do the levels behave as I would expect? Compare an image to itself - At step 1, start with the image compared to its full self
- 145. Do the levels behave as I would expect? Compare an image to itself - At step 1, start with the image compared to its full self - Subtract one file from the second image, recalculate, until empty
- 146. Do the levels behave as I would expect? Compare an image to itself - At step 1, start with the image compared to its full self - Subtract one file from the second image, recalculate, until empty a. Remove more recent files first
- 147. Do the levels behave as I would expect? Compare an image to itself - At step 1, start with the image compared to its full self - Subtract one file from the second image, recalculate, until empty a. Remove more recent files first Do this across all levels
- 150. Reproducibility Metrics: Takeaways 1. “Operating system science” needs to be a thing
- 151. Reproducibility Metrics: Takeaways 1. “Operating system science” needs to be a thing 2. Definitions of levels important
- 152. Reproducibility Metrics: Takeaways 1. “Operating system science” needs to be a thing 2. Definitions of levels important 3. I learned things about the OS just looking at the graphs
- 153. Reproducibility Metrics: Takeaways 1. “Operating system science” needs to be a thing 2. Definitions of levels important 3. I learned things about the OS just looking at the graphs 4. A way to derive features for an operating system?
- 155. How can containers support reproducible science?
- 156. How can the HPC community support containers?
- 160. This is not optimized for scaled building!
- 161. Singularity Registry
- 162. Singularity Registry a local registry for a cluster resource
- 165. Challenges - Most resources can’t support web download links - How to share images? manifests? - Storage (for most) is a file system - No Docker for orchestration - Permissions? - Integration with Singularity Hub? - Management?
- 167. storage - file system builders - job queue - build node - virtual machines
- 168. storage - file system builders - job queue - build node - virtual machines manager - singularity image - command line - web interface
- 169. /usr/local/libexec/sregistry ├── cli │ ├── help.database │ ├── help.init │ ├── sregistry.build │ ├── sregistry.database │ ├── sregistry.help │ └── sregistry.init │ ├── helpers │ ├── args │ ├── update │ └── utils └── singularity.registry sudo ./install.sh --prefix=/usr/local
- 170. /opt/shub/ builder/ templates/ recipes/ .git/ .travis.yml storage/ containers/ sudo sregistry init --base /opt/shub
- 172. /opt/shub/builder recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ ← collection tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity Singularity.gpu
- 173. /opt/shub/builder recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ ← collection tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity shub://tacc/tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity.gpu
- 174. /opt/shub/builder recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ ← collection tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity shub://tacc/tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity.gpu registry
- 175. /opt/shub/builder recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ ← collection tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity shub://tacc/tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity.gpu container name
- 176. /opt/shub/builder recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ ← collection tensorflow/tensorflow Singularity shub://tacc/tensorflow/tensorflow:tag Singularity.gpu tag
- 177. registry: container collection corresponds to a folder in repository
- 178. registry: container collection corresponds to a folder in repository Individual user: container collection corresponds to an entire Github repo
- 179. registry: container collection corresponds to a folder in repository Individual user: container collection corresponds to an entire GIthub repo both build multiple tags for one collection from within same repository
- 180. Connect to Singularity Hub
- 181. Connect to Singularity Hub ...permission to build, granted!
- 183. 1. If setup to build locally Launches local build job 2. If setup to only build on Singularity Hub Pings Singularity Hub 3. Both Launches local build job Successful builds ping Singularity Hub
- 184. 1. run a build command sudo sregistry build tensorflow sudo sregistry build tensorflow/tensorflow sudo sregistry build tensorflow/tensorflow:gpu
- 185. /opt/shub/builder templates/ recipes/ .git/ tensorflow/ tensorflow/ Singularity Singularity.gpu
- 188. THE CLOUD HPC RESOURCE
- 189. How can we work together?
- 198. How can we work together?
- 199. How can we work together? Just try.
- 201. Thank you Google!
- 205. scientist “I need a custom tool”
- 206. scientist “I need a custom tool” staff “I offer resources”
- 207. scientist “I need a custom tool” staff “I offer resources” scientist “I’ll do it myself”
- 208. scientist “I need a custom tool” staff “I offer resources” scientist “I’ll do it myself”
- 209. scientist “I need a custom tool” staff “I offer resources” scientist “I’ll do it myself”
- 210. Why can’t we do better?
- 211. Academic Layer Cake scientists staff software engineers
- 214. Lessons from Software Engineering 1. Continuous Integration (testing) 2. Version Control 3. Documentation 4. Logging, Handling Errors 5. Databases, Organization, and Storage
- 215. We need incentives and support for Research Software Engineers
- 216. scientist “I need a custom tool”
- 217. scientist “I need a custom tool” software engineer “I can help with that”
- 218. containers-ftw
- 220. containers-ftw crowdsourcing science with competitive containers
- 221. containers-ftw crowdsourcing science with competitive containers - package your challenge
- 222. containers-ftw crowdsourcing science with competitive containers - package your challenge - define metric of success
- 223. containers-ftw crowdsourcing science with competitive containers - package your challenge - define metric of success - share it
- 224. containers-ftw crowdsourcing science with competitive containers - package your challenge - define metric of success - share it - ...may the best container win!
- 225. SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
- 226. SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT - Dave Godlove, NIH - Stefan Kombrink https://singularity-hub.org/demos/6/
- 229. 1. Singularity, three ways 2. Singularity Hub 3. Reproducible Science
- 230. [ Singularity ]
- 231. [ Singularity ] reproducible tools
- 232. [ Singularity ] reproducible tools are a group effort
- 233. [ Singularity ] reproducible tools are a group effort grow out of need
- 234. [ Singularity Hub ]
- 235. [ Singularity Hub ] reproducible practices
- 236. [ Singularity Hub ] reproducible practices sharing containers, data, software
- 237. [ Singularity Hub ] reproducible practices sharing containers, data, software working across lines
- 238. [ Reproducibility Metrics ]
- 239. [ Reproducibility Metrics ] representation for understanding
- 240. [ Reproducibility Metrics ] representation for understanding container transparency
- 241. [ Incentives ]
- 242. [ Incentives ] Research software engineering
- 243. Build for how you want the world to be
- 244. Party on, party dinosaur
- 245. [ the perfect sandwich ]
- 246. HPC Admin, Developers, and Scientists
- 248. Got messy code? Need to use a node? ...jokes, help, for free! #SRCC
- 249. Only the best for your analysis mess SRCC
- 250. vsochat@stanford.edu