Container Variables

Container image variables exported by NowWhat Apptainer modules.

Apptainer modules export container image variables into the shell and container metadata into the Apptainer runtime environment.

Container Variables

ModuleContainer variable
apptainer-bioconductor/3.22APPTAINER_BIOCONDUCTOR
apptainer-bioconductor/3.23APPTAINER_BIOCONDUCTOR
apptainer-bioconductor/develAPPTAINER_BIOCONDUCTOR
apptainer-bioconductor/latestAPPTAINER_BIOCONDUCTOR
apptainer-cuda/13.1.1APPTAINER_CUDA
apptainer-julia/1.12APPTAINER_JULIA
apptainer-jupyter/latestAPPTAINER_JUPYTER
apptainer-napari-xpra/latestAPPTAINER_NAPARI_XPRA
apptainer-python/3.9APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-python/3.10APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-python/3.11APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-python/3.12APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-python/3.13APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-python/3.14APPTAINER_PYTHON
apptainer-pytorch/25.03APPTAINER_PYTORCH
apptainer-r/4.1APPTAINER_R
apptainer-r/4.2APPTAINER_R
apptainer-r/4.3APPTAINER_R
apptainer-r/4.4APPTAINER_R
apptainer-r/4.5APPTAINER_R
apptainer-r/4.6APPTAINER_R
apptainer-rig/latestAPPTAINER_RIG
apptainer-rstudio-server/4.5APPTAINER_RSTUDIO_SERVER
apptainer-rstudio-server/4.6APPTAINER_RSTUDIO_SERVER
apptainer-tensorflow/latest-gpuAPPTAINER_TENSORFLOW
apptainer-tidyverse/4.5APPTAINER_TIDYVERSE

Common Exported Variables

VariableMeaning
CONTAINER_NAMEContainer family loaded by the module
CONTAINER_VERSIONContainer version loaded by the module
CONTAINER_KEYShort container key used in prompts and wrappers
APPTAINERENV_CONTAINER_NAMEContainer name forwarded inside Apptainer
APPTAINERENV_CONTAINER_VERSIONContainer version forwarded inside Apptainer
APPTAINERENV_PS1Prompt used inside the container
PYTHONUSERBASE / APPTAINERENV_PYTHONUSERBASEPersistent Python user package location, usually /srv/python
APPTAINERENV_R_LIBS_USER / APPTAINERENV_R_LIBSPersistent R library location, usually /srv/R/library