Using Gurobi in an Apptainer/Singularity Container

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Hyeonseok Park

June 05, 2022 04:45 Edited

I am trying to set up Gurobi in an apptainer(or singularity) image with my academic license to use it on the HPC server.

First, I have created an apptainer/singularity image from docker://gurobi-python-example.

apptainer pull test-gurobi.sif docker://gurobi/python-example

Then, I created a license in the Web License Manager and used the command

apptainer run --env GRB_WLSACCESSID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx,GRB_WLSSECRET=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx,GRB_LICENSEID=999999  test-gurobi.sif

(with the values from my license) to test it.

After running this code, I get the following output:

Set parameter CSClientLog to value 3
Set parameter WLSAccessID
Set parameter WLSSecret
Set parameter LicenseID
Error code 10024: Web license service only available for container environments

When I use docker on my local computer, it works well. Therefore, I was wondering if WLS can be applied to an apptainer/singularity container. If so, I would like to ask how to resolve this issue.

 

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  Gwyneth Butera

  • Gurobi Staff

  June 05, 2022 11:18

  Singularity has a closer connection to the host system, thus a WLS license will not work with it currently. You should be able to use a token license if your HPC has an academic site license installed.

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