# External links

Official documentation for tools and libraries used in or alongside Kiso, organised by category.

## Testbeds

| Component      | Link                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                                               |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| FABRIC         | <a href="https://learn.fabric-testbed.net" target="_blank">learn.fabric-testbed.net</a>                         | FABRIC testbed documentation — credential setup, resource types, and API reference                                        |
| Chameleon      | <a href="https://chameleoncloud.org/" target="_blank">chameleoncloud.org</a>                                    | Chameleon bare-metal testbed documentation — leases, OpenStack interface, and CHI@UC/CHI@TACC sites                       |
| Chameleon Edge | <a href="https://chameleoncloud.org/" target="_blank">chameleoncloud.org</a>                                    | Chameleon Edge (CHI@Edge) documentation — edge device types, container provisioning, and site-specific OpenRC credentials |
| Vagrant        | <a href="https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs" target="_blank">developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs</a> | Vagrant documentation — installation, box management, and provider configuration                                          |

## Software runtimes

| Component | Link                                                                        | Description                                                                            |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Docker    | <a href="https://docs.docker.com" target="_blank">docs.docker.com</a>       | Docker documentation — image building, container management, and Compose               |
| Apptainer | <a href="https://apptainer.org/docs" target="_blank">apptainer.org/docs</a> | Apptainer (formerly Singularity) documentation — container formats and HPC integration |
| Ollama    | <a href="https://ollama.com/docs" target="_blank">ollama.com/docs</a>       | Ollama documentation — model library, REST API, and configuration                      |

## Deployments

| Component | Link                                                                                  | Description                                                               |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| HTCondor  | <a href="https://htcondor.readthedocs.io" target="_blank">htcondor.readthedocs.io</a> | HTCondor documentation — pool configuration, job submission, and ClassAds |

## Experiment types

| Component | Link                                                                                              | Description                                                          |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pegasus   | <a href="https://pegasus.isi.edu/documentation" target="_blank">pegasus.isi.edu/documentation</a> | Pegasus WMS documentation — workflow API, DAX format, and monitoring |

## Others

| Component  | Link                                                                                                          | Description                                                                                                                        |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EnOSlib    | <a href="https://discovery.gitlabpages.inria.fr/enoslib/" target="_blank">enoslib.readthedocs.io</a>          | Infrastructure provisioning library that Kiso is built on — manages resource reservation, Ansible execution, and environment state |
| VirtualBox | <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation" target="_blank">virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation</a> | VirtualBox documentation — VM provider used by Vagrant for local testbed environments                                              |

## See also

- [Components](../concepts/components.md) — explanation of each component's role in Kiso
- [Glossary](../reference/glossary.md) — definitions for component-specific terminology