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Managing Software

Software in the context of Flight Silo is software binaries that can be compiled in advance, and then kept in a silo so that they can be accessed from any number of HPC environments without needing to be recompiled. This provides users a method to manage and share their own software.

This page describes several commands associated with software which are run in the format flight silo <command> --<option>.

software delete <name> <version>

Delete a software binary from the default silo.

  • --repo <silo> - Instead of using the default silo, specify which one to delete from.
Example 1
[flight@chead1 ~]$ flight silo software delete exampl 0.0
Deleting software 'exampl' version '0.0'...
Deleted software 'exampl' version '0.0'.

software pull <name> <version>

Download and extract a software binary from the default silo.

  • --repo <silo> - Instead of using the default silo, specify which one to pull from.
  • --dir <path> - Install software within <path> instead of the standard location. The order in which the destination path is decided is based on the following (in priority order):
    1. The value of the environment variable flight_SILO_software_dir
    2. The --dir argument
    3. The value of software_dir in ~/.config/flight/silo/config.yml
    4. The value of software_dir in /opt/flight/opt/silo/config.yml (this path may differ if a non-standard installation location has been chosen or if the source code has been cloned elsewhere)
  • --overwrite - Overwrite local software if it exists.
Example 1
[flight@chead1 ~]$ flight silo software pull exampl 0.0
Downloading software 'exampl' version '0.0'...
Extracting software to '/home/flight/.local/share/flight/silo/software'...
Extracted software 'exampl' version '0.0 to '/home/flight/.local/share/flight/silo/software'...

software push <file> <name> <version>

Upload a software binary to the default silo.

  • --repo <silo> - Instead of using the default silo, specify which one to push to.
  • --force - Overwrite existing software in the silo if it exists.
Example 1
[flight@chead1 ~]$ flight silo software push exampl.tar.gz exampl 0.0
Uploading software 'exampl' version '0.0'...
Uploaded software 'exampl' version '0.0'.

software search <name>

List the software binaries in the default silo. If no name is given, then all software will be displayed.

  • --repo <silo> - Instead of using the default silo, specify which one to search on.
Example 1 - With Search Term (Shows Versions)
[flight@chead1 ~]$ flight silo software search exampl
┌────────┬─────────┬────────┐
│ Name   │ Version │ Size   │
├────────┼─────────┼────────┤
│ exampl │ 0.0     │ 500 MB │
└────────┴─────────┴────────┘
Example 2 - With No Search Term
[flight@chead1 ~]$ flight silo software search
Showing latest 5 versions...
┌────────┬─────────┐
│ Name   │ Version │
├────────┼─────────┤
│ exampl │ 0.0     │
└────────┴─────────┘