Features

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This documentation is under development and may be incomplete.

SoftPack supports the following list of features.

Environment management

1. Allows end-users to bundle multiple software packages into a single environment
2. Allows end-users to create an environment using the command line interface
3. Allows end-users to create an environment using the web interfaces
4. Allows end-users to update an existing environment they own to add, delete or update software packages
5. Allows end-users to delete an existing environment they own
6. Allows end-users to tag different versions of an environment with a label
7. Allows end-users to rollback changes made to an environment and revert to a previous version
8. Allows end-users to transfer ownership of an environment to another user or group
9. Allows end-users to control visibility of an environment from private to public, or vice-versa
10. Allows end-users to use an environment with a command line interface interactively
11. Allows end-users to use an environment with a command line interface in a non-interactive script
12. Allows end-users to use an environment on any platform where Docker/Singularity are available
13. Allows end-users to discover public environments created by other users or groups
14. Allows end-users to clone another public environment and modify it

Notifications

1. Allows end-users to receive notifications over email
2. Allows end-users to receive notifications on Slack

Security

1. Supports end-user authentication using LDAP
2. Supports end-user authentication using Okta
3. Supports end-user authorization using LDAP group memberships

Administration

1. Allows administrators to carry out all the functionality available to end-users
2. Allows administrators to transfer ownership of an environment from one user to another user or to a group