snakemake - configure rules to run with local container (Singularity, Docker)

Question

For snakemakev5.27+

Is there a way to run snakemake with the container directive that points to a local image? E.g. if I store the Docker containers on Dockerhub, and I also have a copy locally, when running snakemake, I don't want the rule to pull a singularity image copy from DockerHub if there already exists the exact copy locally. Makes for faster runs.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65645195/snakemake-configure-rules-to-run-with-local-container-singularity-docker

Answer 1

Sure, just pass a relative or absolute file path to the directive.