Kyle; I'm also excited about Docker for easing installation issues and fully capturing run environments. I haven't yet done anything specifically for Galaxy tools but put together a functional docker installation of bcbio-nextgen as a step towards integration:
https://github.com/chapmanb/bcbio-nextgen-vm The trickiest parts of integration are that you need to mount all container-external data directories used, so need to identify inputs, outputs and data files and map them over to mounts in the container. There is some optimism about support for at least Mac for running containers. There is a native Docker client, and work on supporting the server side is on going according to the discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7009306 There is also the approach using super minimal VMs that wrap docker. This isn't easy to use yet but it looks like the proof of concept is there: https://github.com/steeve/boot2docker It would be great to hear what other people end up doing with Docker. Thanks for starting this discussion, Brad > I know a few people have talked about using docker to package and > distribute Galaxy tools. The most recent version now runs on all major > linux distributions, so it's a bit more inclusive now (but there probably > won't ever be a windows or mac version). One strategy would be for tool > configs to define an option Docker archive name and possibly an alternate > command line to execute if the docker archive is being used. > > How far has that work gotten, and what are people thinking about it? > > Kyle > ___________________________________________________________ > Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" > in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this > and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: > http://lists.bx.psu.edu/ > > To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: > http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/ ___________________________________________________________ Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: http://lists.bx.psu.edu/ To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/
