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Nimble Installation

Nimble requires docker-compose, you can install the latest version from: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

user@host:~$ sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
user@host:~$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

A valid license is required to run Nimble. If you would like to request a trial license, visit https://megh.com/

Update the docker-compose*.yaml files to set the MEGH_LM_HOST environment variable to the machine running the license manager.

Pull

user@host:~$ docker-compose pull

Pulls the latest meghcomputing/nimble image.

Start

user@host:~$ docker-compose up [-d]

Start the Nimble container, use -d to run in detached mode.

Stop

user@host:~$ docker-compose down

Bring down the Nimble container and cleanup any docker artifacts.