Modules¶
Mila and Compute Canada provides various software (such as python, cuda, etc) through the module command.
Modules are small files which modify your environment variables (PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc…) to register the correct
location of the software you wish to use.
The module command¶
For a list of available modules, simply use:
module avail
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Aliases ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cuda/10.0 -> cudatoolkit/10.0 cuda/9.2 -> cudatoolkit/9.2 pytorch/1.4.1 -> python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.4.1 tensorflow/1.15 -> python/3.7/tensorflow/1.15
cuda/10.1 -> cudatoolkit/10.1 mujoco-py -> python/3.7/mujoco-py/2.0 pytorch/1.5.0 -> python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.0 tensorflow/2.2 -> python/3.7/tensorflow/2.2
cuda/10.2 -> cudatoolkit/10.2 mujoco-py/2.0 -> python/3.7/mujoco-py/2.0 pytorch/1.5.1 -> python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.1
cuda/11.0 -> cudatoolkit/11.0 pytorch -> python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.1 tensorflow -> python/3.7/tensorflow/2.2
cuda/9.0 -> cudatoolkit/9.0 pytorch/1.4.0 -> python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.4.0 tensorflow-cpu/1.15 -> python/3.7/tensorflow/1.15
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /cvmfs/config.mila.quebec/modules/Core ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mila (S,L) anaconda/3 (D) go/1.13.5 miniconda/2 mujoco/1.50 python/2.7 python/3.6 python/3.8 singularity/3.0.3 singularity/3.2.1 singularity/3.5.3 (D)
anaconda/2 go/1.12.4 go/1.14 (D) miniconda/3 (D) mujoco/2.0 (D) python/3.5 python/3.7 (D) singularity/2.6.1 singularity/3.1.1 singularity/3.4.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /cvmfs/config.mila.quebec/modules/Compiler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
python/3.7/mujoco-py/2.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /cvmfs/config.mila.quebec/modules/Cuda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cuda/10.0/cudnn/7.3 cuda/10.0/nccl/2.4 cuda/10.1/nccl/2.4 cuda/11.0/nccl/2.7 cuda/9.0/nccl/2.4 cudatoolkit/9.0 cudatoolkit/10.1 cudnn/7.6/cuda/10.0/tensorrt/7.0
cuda/10.0/cudnn/7.5 cuda/10.1/cudnn/7.5 cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6 cuda/9.0/cudnn/7.3 cuda/9.2/cudnn/7.6 cudatoolkit/9.2 cudatoolkit/10.2 cudnn/7.6/cuda/10.1/tensorrt/7.0
cuda/10.0/cudnn/7.6 (D) cuda/10.1/cudnn/7.6 (D) cuda/10.2/nccl/2.7 cuda/9.0/cudnn/7.5 (D) cuda/9.2/nccl/2.4 cudatoolkit/10.0 cudatoolkit/11.0 (D) cudnn/7.6/cuda/9.0/tensorrt/7.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /cvmfs/config.mila.quebec/modules/Pytorch --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
python/3.7/cuda/10.1/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.4.1 python/3.7/cuda/10.1/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.1 (D) python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.0
python/3.7/cuda/10.1/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.0 python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.4.1 python/3.7/cuda/10.2/cudnn/7.6/pytorch/1.5.1 (D)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /cvmfs/config.mila.quebec/modules/Tensorflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
python/3.7/tensorflow/1.15 python/3.7/tensorflow/2.0 python/3.7/tensorflow/2.2 (D)
Modules can be loaded using the load command:
module load <module>
and unloaded using the unload command.
To search for a module or a software, use the command spyder:
module spyder search_term
E.g.: by default, python2 will refer to the os-shipped installation of python2.7 and python3 to python3.6.
If you want to use python3.7 you can type:
module load python3.7
Available Software¶
Modules are divided in 5 main sections:
Section |
Description |
|---|---|
Core |
Base interpreter and software (Python, go, etc…) |
Compiler |
Interpreter-dependent software (see the note below) |
Cuda |
Toolkits, cudnn and related libraries |
Pytorch/Tensorflow |
Pytorch/TF built with a specific Cuda/Cudnn version for Mila’s GPUs (see the related paragraph) |
Note
Modules which are nested (../../..) usually depend on other software/module loaded alongside the main module. No need to load the dependent software, the complex naming scheme allows an automatic detection of the dependent module(s):
i.e.:
Loading cudnn/7.6/cuda/9.0/tensorrt/7.0 will load cudnn/7.6 and cuda/9.0 alongside
python/3.X is a particular dependency which can be served through python/3.X or anaconda/3 and is not automatically
loaded to let the user pick his favorite flavor.
Default package location¶
Python by default uses the user site package first and packages provided by module last to not interfere with your installation.
If you want to skip packages installed in your site package (in your /home folder), you have to start Python with the -s flag.
To check which package is loaded at import, you can print package.__file__ to get the full path of the package.
Example:
module load pytorch/1.5.0
python -c 'import torch;print(torch.__file__)'
/home/mila/my_home/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/__init__.py <== package from your own site-package
Now with the -s flag:
module load pytorch/1.5.0
python -s -c 'import torch;print(torch.__file__)'
/cvmfs/ai.mila.quebec/apps/x86_64/debian/pytorch/python3.7-cuda10.1-cudnn7.6-v1.5.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/__init__.py'