Working with containers (Docker)

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• Selecting prior notebook cloud environment/application configurations versions

  If you’re using Jupyter Notebooks on Terra, you should be aware of the fact that the pre-configured environments that are available to you through the Terra interface are regularly updated, and that you have several options when it comes to select...
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• Docker/container overview

  A container is something quite similar to a virtual machine, which can be used to contain and execute all the software required to run a particular program or set of programs. The container includes an operating system (typically some flavor of Li...
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• Working with project-specific environments in Terra

  Compute environments allow you to launch different Terra-supported applications like Jupyter Notebooks or RStudio from your workspace. From your workspace Notebook Runtime menu, you can select one of multiple pre-configured compute environments, i...
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• Docker tutorial: Custom runtime environments for Jupyter Notebooks

  This is a step-by-step guide for building and publishing a custom Docker image, and running a Jupyter Notebook on Terra using a Docker image modified to include additional packages. In this tutorial you will learn: How to modify one of our base D...
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• Run GATK in a Docker container

  This document explains how to install and use Docker to run GATK on a local machine. For a primer on what Docker containers are for and related terminology, see this Dictionary entry. Contents Install Docker Test that it works Get the GATK conta...
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• Install Docker and test that it works

  Contents Get and install the software Test that the program runs Identify yourself Get an image and run a container Troubleshooting 1. Get and install the software Follow the relevant link below depending on your computer system; on Mac and Win...
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• Publish a Docker container image to Google Container Registry (GCR)

  This document explains how to create and utilize a public or private Google Container Registry (GCR) Docker image from inside FireCloud. This guide is useful for migrating or mirroring existing images from other repositories such as DockerHub. For...
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• Make a Docker (container) image the easy way: using a base image

  A Docker is a "container" - a software package including code and all its dependencies - designed to run applications quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another. By eliminating problems that arise when different people use diff...
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• Creating safe and secure custom Docker images

  If you are bringing your own Docker image, please consider the following security advisory If you are basing your image on anything other than Terra Base Images,  you have to decide whether you trust the provider of the image. Even if you think it...
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