Docker image for bioinformatics in python.
Includes a number of popular libraries and dependencies for bioinformatic data analysis in Python. See the Dockerfile for details of which software libraries are included.
Release announcements go to cggh/pygenomics on Gitter and to the biovalidation mailing list. Feel free to ask questions via cggh/pygenomics.
Install docker on your host system and make sure you can run docker commands as a non-root user (i.e., add yourself to the docker group).
To run a single command using the biipy docker image, for convenience a biipy_run.sh wrapper script is available from this repository.
For example, save biipy_run.sh to a local file on your host system, then run:
$ ./biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 ipythonThis will run a docker container using the biipy image and execute an IPython shell.
To run a Jupyter notebook server, omit the last argument, e.g.:
$ ./biipy_run.sh v2.0.0You will probably want to map more directories from your host filesystem into the container, and may want to change other settings such as the default port mapping for the Jupyter notebook server, in which case you can edit and customise your local copy of the biipy_run.sh script.
If you have a Jupyter notebook server already running and want to also run other commands using the same container, find out the container name:
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
fb030ddae198 cggh/biipy:v2.0.0 "/bin/bash /biipy/no 10 seconds ago Up 10 seconds 0.0.0.0:8888->8888/tcp aliman_biipy_v2.0.0...then use docker exec, e.g.:
$ docker exec -it aliman_biipy_v2.0.0 ipythonYou can also use this as a quick way to install additional software into a running container if you need to, e.g.:
$ docker exec -it --user=root aliman_biipy_v2.0.0 pip3 install somepackageBy default, biipy will run a Jupyter notebook server with default settings. You can change the Jupyter configuration by creating and editing a configuration file. This is useful, e.g., if you want to secure the notebook server with HTTPS and a password (highly recommended).
To generate a default configuration file, do e.g.:
$ ./biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 jupyter notebook --generate-config
Writing default config to: /home/aliman/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.pyYou can then edit the configuration file on the host system, assuming you have mapped your home directory into the container. For example, here are the lines I have uncommented and edited in mine:
$ grep '^[^#]' .jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
c.NotebookApp.allow_origin = '*'
c.NotebookApp.certfile = 'mycert.pem'
c.NotebookApp.cookie_secret = b'...'
c.NotebookApp.enable_mathjax = False
c.NotebookApp.ip = '*'
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
c.NotebookApp.password = 'sha1:...'
c.NotebookApp.port = 8888You will want to replace the cookie_secret and password variables
with something different. To generate an SHA1 hash of your password, run an
IPython interactive shell:
$ ./biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 ipython...then do:
In [1]: from notebook.auth import passwd; passwd()...and copy-paste the SHA1 string into the config file.
Further instructions on setting up HTTPS and other matters relating to securing a notebook server are available from the [Jupyter docs] (http://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.org/en/latest/public_server.html).
If you have mapped your home directory as a volume and are running biipy with your own UID, then Jupyter should pick up the changes you have made to the configuration file the next time you run the notebook server.
If there are features you would like to add or other changes you'd like to make, please feel free to raise an issue on GitHub or create a pull request.
Minor changes to Dockerfile that do not add, remove or alter dependencies (e.g., change ordering) get a micro version bump, e.g., 0.1.0 -> 0.1.1.
Adding, removing or changing (e.g., upgrading) a dependency in the Dockerfile gets a minor version bump, e.g., 0.1 -> 0.2.
Changing the base image (e.g., to a different version of Ubuntu) gets a major version bump, e.g., 0.1 -> 1.0
biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 jupyter notebook), this leads to kernel connection
issues. However, there is a bash script baked into the container that works,
e.g., biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 /biipy/scripts/notebook.sh. This is the default
command in the image so you can just run biipy_run.sh v2.0.0 also.For some information on how to set up on your system, see here
Significant numbers of package upgrades