Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
4-2018
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Systems Architecture
Advisor
Michael Heroux, Computer Science
Abstract
Scientific workflows for high-performance computing (HPC) are becoming increasingly complex. Developing a way to simplify these workflows could save many hours for both HPC users and developers, potentially eliminating any time spent managing software dependencies and experiment set-up. To accomplish this, we propose using two programs together: Docker and Spack. Docker is a container platform and Spack is a package manager designed specifically for HPC. In this paper, we show how Docker and Spack can be used to containerize the extreme-scale Scientific Software Development Kit (xSDK). Doing this makes the xSDK far more accessible to non-computer scientists and lowers time spent by developers on dependency management. Implementing a system such as this on a large scale could change the functioning of the HPC industry.
Recommended Citation
Noecker, Curtis, "Making Scientific Applications Portable: Software Containers and Package Managers" (2018). All College Thesis Program, 2016-2019. 46.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/honors_thesis/46