Contextualisation scripts to create the CMS VM Image version 1.6.0

Environment VM CMS CERN-LHC

Description

The scripts provided create the CMS virtual machine image based on CernVM, with CERN CentOS 7 (cc7).

Related datasets

The CERN VM image produced by these scripts can be found here:

CMS CC7 VM Image, for CMS MiniAOD open data from 2016 - 2018

Characteristics

5 files. 24.4 MiB in total.

How to use?

First, you need to run a normal Micro-CernVM, using your own context so you can login. Copy the attached files to the running VM and then login.

Inside the VM, you need a copy of the latest Micro-CernVM release as a template for the Open Data image. Download the template ucernvm-v4prod.2020.07-1.cernvm.x86_64.hdd from this record, inside the running VM placing it in the same directory as the other files.

Run the script:
./cernvm-script
which will produce some output on the terminal, and then finish.

The result should be a file with the title coming from the -n field in the script, in this case:
CMS-OpenData-1.6.0.ova
which can be copied from the running VM to elsewhere.

Disclaimer

The open data are released under the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. Neither the experiment(s) ( CMS ) nor CERN endorse any works, scientific or otherwise, produced using these data. All releases will have a unique DOI that you are requested to cite in any applications or publications.