Admin Training @ GCC 2022: Online Training Day

Asynchronous, Virtual course

Free, global, training day ahead of the Galaxy Community Conference 2022. This day is meant to get you up to speed with the basics, so that you can get the most out of the training sessions at the GCC2022 conference!

Do you run a Galaxy server or would you like to learn how to do so? This module will help you get up to speed with everything you need to know to get the most out of the Admin Training sessions at the conference.

This is an online event (no live sessions, pre-recorded videos, support via Slack, YOU decide your schedule)

Who is this course for?

Galaxy administrators, or anyone interested in running a Galaxy server

Organisers & Instructors

This event is brought to you by:

Organisers(s) orcid logoHelena Rasche avatar Helena Rasche orcid logoSaskia Hiltemann avatar Saskia Hiltemann
Instructor(s) orcid logoHelena Rasche avatar Helena Rasche orcid logoNate Coraor avatar Nate Coraor orcid logoSimon Gladman avatar Simon Gladman
Infrastructure JetStream avatar JetStream

Monday: Setting up Galaxy with Ansible

This module covers getting a Galaxy server setup with Ansible, a server you will develop furhter in the rest of the modules

Lesson Slides Hands-on Recordings
Galaxy from an administrator's point of view
Ansible
Galaxy Installation with Ansible

Tuesday: Making the server useful

Here we pivot to focus on making our server useful; adding tools and data, configuring quotas and authentication

Lesson Slides Hands-on Recordings
Server Maintenance: Cleanup, Backup, and Restoration
Reference Data with CVMFS
Reference Data with Data Managers
Use Apptainer containers for running Galaxy jobs
Galaxy Tool Management with Ephemeris
User, Role, Group, Quota, and Authentication managment
Data Libraries
Scripting Galaxy using the API and BioBlend

Wednesday: Clusters

Lesson Slides Hands-on Recordings
Connecting Galaxy to a compute cluster

job_conf.xml

We will go through the advanced job conf

Mapping Jobs to Destinations using TPV
Running Jobs on Remote Resources with Pulsar

Thursday: Expanding

Lesson Slides Hands-on Recordings
Setting up Celery Workers for Galaxy
Training Infrastructure as a Service (TIaaS)
Galaxy Monitoring with Reports
Galaxy Monitoring with gxadmin
Galaxy Monitoring with Telegraf and Grafana
Monitoring Galaxy and Pulsar with Sentry

Friday: Grab bag

Here we have some additional topics, some of which are not admin related. Please feel free to pick and choose the tutorials that are interesting for you.

Lesson Slides Hands-on Recordings
Galaxy Troubleshooting
Tool development and integration into Galaxy
Multisample Analysis
Rule Based Uploader
Creating a new tutorial
Galaxy Interactive Tools

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Free, global, training day ahead of the Galaxy Community Conference 2022. This day is meant to get you up to speed with the basics, so that you can get the most out of the training sessions at the GCC2022 conference!

📅 July 8, 2022
➡️ https://gxy.io/GTN:E00000
📝 Registration is open until 2022-06-01! https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2022/

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Admin Training @ GCC 2022: Online Training Day! 📢

Free, global, training day ahead of the Galaxy Community Conference 2022. This day is meant to get you up to speed with the basics, so that you can get the most out of the training sessions at the GCC2022 conference!

:calendar: July 8, 2022
:arrow_right: https://gxy.io/GTN:E00000
:pencil: Registration is open until 2022-06-01! https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2022/

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Admin Training @ GCC 2022: Online Training Day! 📢

Free, global, training day ahead of the Galaxy Community Conference 2022. This day is meant to get you up to speed with the basics, so that you can get the most out of the training sessions at the GCC2022 conference!

**Agenda**:
- Monday: Setting up Galaxy with Ansible
- Tuesday: Making the server useful
- Wednesday: Clusters
- Thursday: Expanding
- Friday: Grab bag

📅 July 8, 2022
➡️ https://gxy.io/GTN:E00000
📝 Registration is open until 2022-06-01! https://galaxyproject.org/events/gcc2022/

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emailhelena.rasche@gmail.com

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