Running a container in interactive mode

You can launch a shell within a Singularity container, allowing you to interact with the container's environment. Use the shell command with the desired image as follows

srun --gres=gpu:1 --pty singularity shell --nv /ceph/container/pytorch/pytorch_24.09.sif

The --pty creates a virtual interactive terminal for a command to run within.

You now have shell access

Singularity>

Lets try checking the Python version:

python3 --version

You can exit the interactive session with:

exit