Single command to run cBioPortal (Docker Compose & Helm Chart)

[inodb]

Background: Our current recommended way of deploying cBioPortal requires the user to run several docker commands to get cBioPortal running: https://docs.cbioportal.org/2.1.1-deploy-with-docker-recommended/docker. Ideally there would be a single command with further explanation of how the different parts are connected. A common approach for launching multiple Docker services is using Docker Compose. That allows you to start the whole system with one command: docker-compose up. Aside from using Docker Compose it would be nice if a way to start the system using kubernetes was provided. For kubernetes helm is often used to set up a complete system. A single command like helm install --name cbioportal cbioportal should set up all services required for cBioPortal with reasonable defaults.

Goal: Provide a single command to run cBioPortal

Approach:

• Provide a Docker Compose file to launch cBioPortal
• Provide a Helm Chart to launch cBioPortal
• Bonus: Provide some way to automatically validate and load data from a folder into cBioPortal by mounting some volume with example studies. Importing a study should be a matter of adding some folder.

Need skills:

• Familiarity with command line
• Docker and Kubernetes familiarity is a plus but can be learned during GSoC

Possible mentors: @inodb @dippindots @leexgh

[aditya300899]

I'd like to do this project. Please guide me accordingly.

[Dharmesh-Poddar]

@inodb I would like to work on this project.