EasyBuild + EESSI UK workshop (April 2023)

Introductory workshop to EasyBuild and EESSI, held in conjunction with the 8th EasyBuild User Meeting (EUM'23); see also easybuild.io/eb-eessi-uk-workshop-2023-04.

• Dates: 27+28 April 2023
• Venue: Imperial College, London, UK

To attend this workshop on-site, you must be registered.

All workshop content will remain afterwards.

Slides

The most recent version of the presentation slides are available here.

Agenda

(all times are BST)

Day 1: Introduction to EasyBuild

Thu 27 April 2023

• [10:00-10:05] Welcome + Practical Info
• [10:05-10:15] What is EasyBuild?
• [10:15-10:30] EasyBuild Terminology
• [10:30-11:00] Installation and configuration of EasyBuild (hands-on)
• [11:00-11:30] Basic Usage of EasyBuild (hands-on)
• [11:30-12:00] Installing Software with EasyBuild (hands-on)
• [12:00-13:00] (lunch break)
• [14:00-15:00] Troubleshooting (hands-on)
• [13:00-14:00] Writing Easyconfigs (hands-on)
• [15:00-15:30] (coffee break)
• [15:30-16:30] Module Naming Schemes (hands-on)
• [16:30-17:00] Q&A

Day 2: EasyBuild (advanced) + EESSI

Fri 28 April 2023

[10:00-12:00] EasyBuild: advanced topics (incl. demos)

• Contributing to EasyBuild
• Customizing EasyBuild Using Hooks
• Implementing Easyblocks
• Submitting Installations as Slurm Jobs
• Using EasyBuild as a Python Library
• Q&A

[12:00-13:00] (lunch break)

• Introduction to EESSI
• Getting access to EESSI (hands-on)
• Using EESSI (hands-on)
• Use Cases for EESSI

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Last update: April 28, 2023