2 posts tagged with "containers"

Running interactive web applications like RStudio, JupyterLab, and Code Server in containers is a powerful way to provide reproducible analysis environments. However, users often need to spawn additional containerized tools from within these applications. Docker out of Docker (DooD) elegantly solves this by allowing containers to access the host's Docker daemon. This post explains how to set up DooD for interactive web applications and why it's the right approach for bioinformatics workflows.

Container technologies have revolutionized software deployment and reproducibility in scientific computing. However, traditional Docker faces significant limitations in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. This post explores why Docker struggles on HPC systems and introduces modern alternatives like Docker rootless, Singularity, and Apptainer.