# A Practical Guide to Apptainer in Bridges-2
###### tags: `spring 2024` `apptainer` `bridges-2`
# Introduction
## About Bridges-2
<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.psc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0984.png?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1" width="75%" />
**Bridges-2, PSC’s flagship supercomputer, began production operations in March 2021. It is funded by a $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation.**
Bridges-2 provides transformative capability for rapidly evolving computation- and data-intensive research, and creates opportunities for collaboration and convergence research. It supports both traditional and non-traditional research communities and applications. Bridges-2 integrates new technologies for converged, scalable HPC, machine learning and data; prioritizes researcher productivity and ease of use; and provides an extensible architecture for interoperation with complementary data-intensive projects, campus resources, and clouds.
Bridges-2 is available at no cost for research and education, and at cost-recovery rates for other purposes.
* [Bridges-2 User Guide](https://www.psc.edu/resources/bridges-2/user-guide/)
Examples
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- [Book example](/s/book-example)
- [Slide example](/s/slide-example)
- [YAML metadata](/s/yaml-metadata)
- [Features](/s/features)
Themes
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- [Dark theme](/theme-dark?both)
- [Vertical alignment](/theme-vertical-writing?both)
{"title":"Collect your documents with a book","description":"View the book with \"<i class=\"fa fa-book fa-fw\"></i> Book Mode\".","contributors":"[{\"id\":\"95d26c43-541b-4d60-ba03-d5ba7942c504\",\"add\":1398,\"del\":0}]"}