Tutorial idea: wrapping docker images as tools

[jibe-b]

At OpenMinTeD, there is an attempt to wrap (text-mining) docker images as tools.

Main steps seem to be working but side questions arise.

There may be valuable feedback from people having tinkered on this, possibly standardised their process, raised and possibly answered technical questions.

Resources:

• https://github.com/apetkau/galaxy-hackathon-2014
• https://github.com/apetkau/galaxy-hackathon-2014/tree/master/smalt

cc @mandiayba

[jibe-b]

Note: we do not have the skills to propose such a tutorial but we would benefit from it, as well as others may.

[bgruening]

@jibe-b happy to give a small training on this similar to the one last year. We enhanced the system quite a bit and today it boils down to: Create a BioConda package: https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes

If you can get your package into BioConda you will get a BioContainer for free. Means, Docker, rkt ...

[jibe-b]

Thanks @bgruening!

I like the bioconda option but OpenMinTeD components are mostly java…

[bgruening]

@jibe-b ? BioConda supports all languages, from nodeJS, to R, Perl and even Java :)

[jibe-b]

I learned something today! :)

[mandiayba]

I am interested by this issue. We are wrapping docker images for Alvis tools for the Galaxy instance of OpenMinTeD and interest by the best practices.