pawsey/mpi-base repository overview

Note: this container has been deprecated and will be removed from the repository at some point in the future. We currently recommend and support the use of a very similar container (https://hub.docker.com/r/pawsey/mpich-base) which has been prepared with the same purposes: run containerised MPI applications at Pawsey's supercomputers.

Shifter has the ability to provide containers with access to the MPI libraries on the compute nodes on Magnus and Galaxy, allowing applications to make use of the high-speed Aries interconnect. In order to do this, an MPI implementation must be installed in the container, and it must also be ABI-compatible with Cray's MPI. At run-time the MPI dynamic libraries in the container will be swapped for the Cray libraries.

Users can compile their MPI implementations within their containers, or they can use this image as a starting point. This images has the following installed:

• MPICH 3.1.4
• OSU MPI Benchmarks v5.4

This image is based on Ubuntu 18.04