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About the course
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This slow-paced hands-on course is designed for absolute beginners who want to start using scientific containers to achieve reproducibility of data analysis.

* `Course page <https://github.com/biocorecrg/CRG_Containers_October_2022>`_


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   * - Toni Hermoso
     - Luca Cozzuto
     - Julia Ponomarenko
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Outline
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        Trainees will work in a dedicated `AWS environment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWS/>`_.


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Learning objectives
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* Locate and fetch Docker/Singularity images from dedicated repositories.
* Execute/Run a Docker/Singularity container from the command line.
* Build simple Docker container images

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Prerequisite / technical requirements
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Being comfortable working with the CLI (command-line interface) in a Linux-based environment.
Knowledge of containers is not mandatory. The course materials is online in the dedicated GitHub page for self-learning.

Practitioners will need to connect during the course to a remote server via the "ssh" protocotol. You can learn about it `here <https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/ssh-tutorial-how-does-ssh-work>`_

Those who follow the course should be able to use a command-line/screen-oriented text editor (such as nano or vi/vim, which are already available in the server) or to be able to use an editor able to connect remotely. For sake of information, below the basics of `nano <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nano/Basics_Guide>`_

Having a `GitHub account <https://github.com/join>`_ is recommended.

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Dates, time, location
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* Dates: Wednesday October 24, 2022

* 11:00 - 17:30 **CET**


* Location: Training room, CRG

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Suggested program
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* 11:00-12:00 Introduction to containers and Docker
* 12:00-14:30 Lunch break
* 14:30-17:30 Docker and Singularity