Powder Profiles: Packaged Experiment Descriptions

1st Annual Powder Users Workshop

May 24th, 2018

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Motivation

Motivation

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Motivation

Motivation for Profiles

Setting up mobile software stacks is hard

Getting novice users started quickly

“Scaling” to the world experts in this field

Provide common, standardized environments to work in

Share research artifacts to build on

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Using a Profile

Using a Profile

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Using a Profile

Selecting a Profile

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Using a Profile

Profile List

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Using a Profile

Selecting Parameters

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Using a Profile

Final Options

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What’s in a Profile

What’s in a Profile

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What’s in a Profile

Resource Description

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What’s in a Profile

Software Description

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What’s in a Profile

git Repository

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Making and Sharing Profiles

Making and Sharing Profiles

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Making and Sharing Profiles

Making Your Own Profile

Start from an existing one (could be “bare metal”)

Edit script (or use GUI) to create resource description

Set up disks the way you’d like, take disk images

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Making and Sharing Profiles

Sharing a Profile

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