csirocass/base repository overview

These base images are intended for developers. They are minimalistic, and can be used as starting points for any code that requires MPI functionality. Each image contains a specific MPI implementation, built on top of Ubuntu 18.04. Available images (as indicated by their tags):

• mpich. Built using MPICH version 3.4.2. Compatible with all versions of MPICH.
• openmpi4. Built using OpenMPI version 4.1.1. Compatible across version 4, which is the current version of OpenMPI.
• openmpi3. Built using OpenMPI version 3.1.6. Compatible across version 3, which is no longer supported by OpenMPI, but is still popular.
• openmpi2. Built using OpenMPI version 2.1.6. Compatible across version 2.1, which is no longer supported by OpenMPI, but is still popular.
• openmpi2.0. Built using OpenMPI version 2.0.4. Compatible across version 2.0, which is no longer supported by OpenMPI, but is still popular.
• openmpi1. Built using OpenMPI version 1.10.7. This version is provided here for completeness. It's no longer supported by OpenMPI because it's too old, so avoid using it if you can.

⁠Contents:

• Base system: Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04
• Required packages for building MPI library:
  • build-essential
  • ca-certificates
  • gfortran
  • wget
• MPI library (built from source code)

The compressed size of the image is around 110MB.