Singularity is a container platform based on the principle of mobility of 
compute, and it is designed for use within HPC clusters. For more info see
singularity.lbl.gov.  

To test whether the software functions correctly, you can use `singularity
selftest`. This is what you would expect to see:

~# singularity selftest
 + sh -c test -f /etc/singularity/singularity.conf                                     (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/action-suid                                    (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/create-suid                                    (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/expand-suid                                    (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/export-suid                                    (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/import-suid                                    (retval=0) OK
 + test -u /usr/libexec/singularity/bin/mount-suid                                     (retval=0) OK

You can also pull a container from Docker Hub to prove full functionality
(Test was performed on a Raspberry Pi 3, hence the arm32v7 part of the Docker
link. Make sure you pull an image which is compatible with your hardware.) 
For instance:

~# singularity pull docker://arm32v7/debian:latest
Initializing Singularity image subsystem
Opening image file: debian-latest.img
Creating 200MiB image
Binding image to loop
Creating file system within image
Image is done: debian-latest.img
Docker image path: index.docker.io/arm32v7/debian:latest
Cache folder set to /home/root/.singularity/docker
[1/1] |===================================| 100.0% 
Importing: base Singularity environment
Importing: /home/root/.singularity/docker/sha256:ed4f1f0d0a0457e7f76ffb25a8d6a193007709dd312b7647cb44fc6979ec4a53.tar.gz
Importing: /home/root/.singularity/metadata/sha256:89997b2c16b29c5a3a316e314172ef21b36f67cc3200b1c4d95927f716dbee83.tar.gz
Done. Container is at: debian-latest.img
~# singularity shell debian-latest.img 
Singularity: Invoking an interactive shell within container...

Singularity debian-latest.img:~> echo "Hello from within the container!"
Hello from within the container!
Singularity debian-latest.img:~> ls /
bin   dev  home  lost+found  mnt  proc	run   singularity  sys	usr
boot  etc  lib	 media	     opt  root	sbin  srv	   tmp	var
Singularity debian-latest.img:~> exit
exit
~#