HPC Bytes: Secure AI Use in Containers

HPC Bytes: Secure AI Use in Containers

Content

AI coding agents can run commands, edit files, and explore your project on their own, which is exactly what makes them so powerful. Started directly on a personal device, a login or compute node; however, they inherit everything you have access to: your SSH keys, your entire project directory, shared data, and cluster resources. In this session, we show you why that’s a risk worth taking seriously and how containers and sandboxing help you decide what an agent can actually see and touch.

What you’ll take away

  • What an AI agent can reach when it runs with your permissions on a shared cluster
  • How containers and agent sandboxes (e.g., bubblewrap) limit access to files, keys, and network
  • Simple patterns for giving an agent exactly what it needs for the task, and nothing more

Prerequisites

Basic command-line experience. No prior container knowledge needed.
 

Access

To access the event, click on the following link: 

Big Blue Button Link <https://webconf.hrz.uni-marburg.de/n/rooms/hsy-cmh-knb-ndw/join> 

Access Code: kw7i98