made Dockerfile singularity/apptainer compatible #3344
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On HPC systems, singularity/apptainer is used instead of docker as the container solution. The current dockerfile does not work under singularity, since nerfstudio is installed under /home/user, which is not accessible when the container is run in singularity/apptainer. The problem is that under singularity, the user inside the container has the same rights as outside the container and thus cannot access the contents of the folder belonging to another user. This makes singularity containers secure to use in a multi-user environment. The proposed changes install nerfstudio in the system environment, making it available to all users. I have tested this container and it works. The container is available on hub.docker.com/thawn/nerfstudio closes nerfstudio-project#2952
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Could you comment on the relationship between these changes and #3283? (cc @jkulhanek) |
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@brentyi Furthermore, #3283 has already been extensively reviewed. Therefore, I am closing this pull request in favor of #3283. |
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Fingers crossed for getting #3283 merged soon 🤞 |
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I am keeping my fork and branch until #3283 has been merged and tested. |
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Sorry, I was on a vacation. Can you try to pull the image compiled from #3283 if it works with apptainer? |
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@jkulhanek thanks for your excellent work on #3283 . I pulled |
On HPC systems, singularity/apptainer is used instead of docker as the container solution.
The current dockerfile does not work under singularity, since nerfstudio is installed under /home/user, which is not accessible when the container is run in singularity/apptainer. The problem is that under singularity, the user inside the container has the same rights as outside the container and thus cannot access the contents of the folder belonging to another user. This makes singularity containers secure to use in a multi-user environment.
The proposed changes install nerfstudio in the system environment, making it available to all users.
I have tested this container with singularity3.11 on an HPC system and it works. The container is available on https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/thawn/nerfstudio
closes #2952