3. Advanced Setup & Building

The Quickstart gets you going with the SimBricks Cloud, where our hosted Runners execute your virtual prototypes. This chapter covers everything beyond that: installing SimBricks packages from the conda channel, using and building the SimBricks Docker images, running your own Runners and executing virtual prototypes on your own machines, building disk images, and building the SimBricks core from source for development.

• 3.1. Installing SimBricks Packages (Conda Channel)
  • 3.1.1. Channels: stable vs. latest
  • 3.1.2. Setup
  • 3.1.3. Package inventory
• 3.2. Using Pre-Built Docker Images
  • 3.2.1. Requirements on the host
• 3.3. Running Your Own Runner
  • 3.3.1. Register the Runner
  • 3.3.2. Option 1: Docker (recommended)
  • 3.3.3. Option 2: Bare metal
  • 3.3.4. Fragment executor configuration
• 3.4. Building Disk Images
  • 3.4.1. What it produces
  • 3.4.2. Requirements and basic usage
  • 3.4.3. Custom images
  • 3.4.4. Custom kernels (gem5)
  • 3.4.5. In-script image builds
• 3.5. Building Docker Images Locally
• 3.6. Building From Source (Bare Metal)
  • 3.6.1. C/C++ parts
  • 3.6.2. Python packages (symphony)
  • 3.6.3. Conda packages
  • 3.6.4. Documentation
• 3.7. Building the Core Library Debian Package