Hi Nate, Thank you very much for enlightening me - I tried to get an impression on Ansible playbooks for the last two minutes and I am really exited about it. Principle and syntax are close to what we are doing in plain BASH plus config files, but the respective scripts are for sure more complex, because we have to write explicitly the tasks which are 'ready to use' modules in Ansible (and I really like YAML btw :) ).
I am really looking forward to your updated article on the wiki - in the meantime I will forward the verve to my colleagues ;). Maybe we manage to switch on the playbook principle before the planned update. Cheers & thanks again, Sebastian > Hi Sebastian, > > As for Galaxy Main (usegalaxy.org), our process is automated with Ansible, > the playbook for which can be found here: > > https://github.com/galaxyproject/usegalaxy-playbook > > A bit of documentation on what you should look for (new versions of > universe_wsgi.ini.sample, datatypes_conf.xml.sample, etc.) would certainly > be helpful, so I'll expand the "keeping up to date" page on getgalaxy.org > into a new page and add more details. > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Sebastian Schaaf < > sch...@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: > >> Hi Thomas, >> >> We had this topic at the GCC this year, especially within the Galaxy >> Admins BoF. The truth is (please correct me anyone if this is not the >> case >> anymore!) that you are touching an unresolved point. Keeping track of >> tools, settings etc. across the versions is not given. People have their >> 'home-brew' solutions for this, e.g. keeping a (maybe virtual) machine >> in >> spare in order to invest several hours up to some days to test (with or >> without participation of the users) applicability to local >> constraints/histories/workflow/tools. The more testing is automated and >> the less users (or non-default pieces) the faster the update procedure >> can >> be. But there are also instances which did not receive updates for >> months >> or even years. >> >> On our side we will be facing reality within the next two weeks as we >> really need the update. Although preconditions are pretty good (few >> users, >> not that deep modifications, high grade of automation) we expect some >> issues. happy to have a virtualized environment... >> >> To wrap up my answer in a nutshell: no, there is no best practice guide >> and no migration tool, but every single contribution is warmly welcome >> :). >> >> It would be *very* interesting how updates are handled at Galaxy >> Main...? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Sebastian >> (very interested in further feedback) >> >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I try to keep our Galaxy instance up to date. >> > Very often, some tools disappear and other do not work anymore. This >> > breaks some users workflows. >> > >> > I may miss something. Is there a "best update pratice" to keep a >> Galaxy >> > instance and the tool-sheds fully functionnal ? >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Thomas >> > >> > -- >> > Thomas Bellembois, Network and System Administrator, IGFL (France) >> > http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/thomas.bellembois - +33 4 26 73 13 67 >> > (IGFL internal IT doc: http://itdoc.igfl.ens-lyon.fr/itdoc) >> > ___________________________________________________________ >> > 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/ >> > >> >> >> -- >> Sebastian Schaaf, M.Sc. Bioinformatics >> Faculty Coordinator NGS Infrastructure >> Chair of Biometry and Bioinformatics >> Department of Medical Informatics, >> Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE) >> University of Munich >> Marchioninistr. 15, K U1 (postal) >> Marchioninistr. 17, U 006 (office) >> D-81377 Munich (Germany) >> Tel: +49 89 2180-78178 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> 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/
