.. index:: Configuration; Software Environments
.. _software-env:

Software Environments
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By default, :ref:`projects <project>` run the pre-built "project" image.
You can build your own project images, though.

In a nutshell, the ``global.software`` dict defines default settings and a list of environments,
where each one of them consists of a title, description, docker image tag and registry.
Users can then choose from these environments when creating a new project,
or changing the software environment of an existing project.

See :ref:`ops-software-env` for more context about how to install additional software.