Installation¶
Balsam requires Python3.7+ and is tested on Linux and MacOS.
Within any suitable Python environment, Balsam can be installed using pip:
# Use --pre to get the Balsam pre-release
$ pip install --pre balsam
Balsam developers or service administrators should instead follow the developer installation instructions.
Supported Sites¶
Balsam is easily extensible to new HPC systems. Default configurations are available for the following systems:
| Facility | System | Configuration Included? |
|---|---|---|
| ALCF | Polaris | |
| ALCF | Theta (GPU) | |
| ALCF | Theta (KNL) | |
| ALCF | Cooley | |
| NERSC | Perlmutter | |
| NERSC | Cori | |
| OLCF | Summit | |
| --- | Mac OS |
Summit (OLCF)¶
The cryptography sub-dependency of globus-sdk can be troublesome on non-x86 environments, where
pip may attempt to build it from source. One workaround is to create a conda environment with the
cryptography dependency pre-satisfied, from which pip install works smoothly:
$ module load gcc/10.2.0
$ module load python/3.7.0-anaconda3-5.3.0
$ conda init bash
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ conda create -p ./b2env "cryptography>=1.8.1,<3.4.0" -y
$ conda activate ./b2env
$ pip install --pre balsam