How do I run a Docker container on the cluster?

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I have found software available as a Docker container, how can I run it on the cluster?

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Containerized software is great, but it can lead to security issues. Singularity (docs page) was designed to specifically prevent these security issues. You can build and run a Docker container through singularity:

[tl397@c01n01 ~]$ singularity build tensorflow-10.0-py3.simg docker://tensorflow/tensorflow:1.10.0-py3
INFO:    Starting build...
INFO:    Creating SIF file...
INFO:    Build complete: tensorflow-10.0-py3.simg

Then you can run that container:

[tl397@c01n01 ~]$ singularity exec tensorflow-10.0-py3.simg python
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 23 2017, 16:37:01)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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