Setting up NF Core with MicroK8s
A step-by-step guide on setting up and running Nextflow workflows on a MicroK8s Kubernetes cluster, demonstrating how to leverage Terraform provisioning, persistent storage, and containerized execution to enable scalable, reproducible scientific data analysis, including executing NF Core pipelines for streamlined bioinformatics and genomics research.
Use Case: The Galaxy Project
A step-by-step guide to deploying the Galaxy Project—a scalable, web-based computational workbench for scientific workflows—on an AWS EC2 instance using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and CVMFS, enabling researchers to efficiently analyze complex datasets in a cloud-based environment.
Putting it All Together: CVMFS In Action
A step-by-step guide to setting up Nextflow on a MicroK8s Kubernetes cluster for scientific data processing, enabling scalable, reproducible, and modular computational workflows.
Kubernetes and Helm: The Beauty of Orchestration
A step-by-step guide to setting up a Kubernetes cluster with integrated CVMFS (CERN Virtual Machine File System) support on MicroK8s, leveraging Helm for streamlined deployment, configuring persistent storage with NFS, and ensuring efficient data access for high-performance workloads.
Terraform: What is it, how do we use it, our scripts to provision
A step-by-step guide on using Terraform to deploy an AWS EC2 instance for a MicroK8s Kubernetes cluster, covering prerequisites, security setup, configuration files, and automation best practices.
DevOps: What? Why? How?
Explore how DevOps practices enhance the deployment and management of CVMFS by automating complex processes, improving collaboration, and leveraging tools like Docker, Terraform, AWS, and Kubernetes to create a scalable, efficient, and reproducible development environment.
Getting Started with CVMFS: From Challenges to Practical Use Cases
This blog post introduces the CernVM File System (CVMFS), explaining its role in efficient, large-scale data and software distribution, its advantages for distributed computing environments, and how organizations can integrate it into their DevOps workflows.