EESSI webinar series: Using EESSI for Continuous Integration (CI) (3/5)

by Alan O'Cais (Ghent University, University of Barcelona)

Monday 11 May 2026, 14:00 → 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Online

What if you no longer have to install a broad range of scientific software from scratch on every laptop, HPC cluster, or cloud instance you use or maintain, without compromising on performance?

The European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI, https://eessi.io) comes to the rescue!

In this webinar series we will provide a comprehensive overview of EESSI: why we started it, how it works, how you can use it, ...

You can register for the sessions listed below (either all of them, or selected ones).

All sessions will be recorded. Recordings, slides, and materials used will be made publicly available shortly after each session via this page.

If you have any questions regarding these webinars, please send an email to support@eessi.io.

Sessions

• Monday 27 April 2026 (14:00-16:00 CEST): 
• Monday 4 May 2026 (14:00-16:00 CEST): Building software on top of EESSI + contributing to EESSI
• Monday 11 May 2026 (14:00-16:00 CEST): Using EESSI for Continuous Integration
• Monday 18 May 2026 (14:00-16:00 CEST): Introduction to CernVM-FS
• Monday 1 June 2026 (14:00-16:00 CEST): Using EESSI as a base for a central software stack

Format

• Online webinars (via Zoom)
• Mix of presentation & hands-on demos: ~1.5h of content, ~30min for Q&A

Registration

Attendance is free of cost, but registration is required.

Register via https://event.ugent.be/registration/eessiwebinarsspring2026

Q&A via Slack

For posting questions or comments during the webinar, we strongly prefer that you post them in the #webinar-series-2026q2 channel in the EESSI Slack (direct link to that channel).

If you haven't joined the EESSI Slack yet, first use the "Slack channel" link on the EESSI website (https://eessi.io).

There will also be an opportunity at the end of the webinar to ask questions directly to the speakers, should you wish to do so.

Useful links

• EESSI website: https://eessi.io
• EESSI documentation: https://eessi.io/docs
• CernVM-FS website: https://cernvm.cern.ch/fs
• CernVM-FS documentation: https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io
• EasyBuild website: https://easybuild.io
• EasyBuild documentation: https://docs.easybuild.io
• MultiXscale website: https://www.multixscale.eu