[Biopython] amazon aws

[Fields, Christopher J]

Jessica,

I suggest setting up an instance using whatever (*cough*linux*cough*) OS you want; could be Amazon AWS, iPlant (which I think uses OpenStack), or another snapshot-capable cloud service. Install what you need, then take a snapshot of the instance, which in general should store any customizations you made.  Maybe look into CloudBioLinux, Scientific Linux, or similar images for a good start in this direction.

chris

On Feb 4, 2014, at 11:52 AM, christopher shaffer <cdshaffer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jessica,
> I am not going to spam the biopython list as this is off topic, but you
> might want to look at the iPlant collaborative. This is an NSF funded
> "cyberinfrastructure" that has an AWS like service called Atmospheres. It
> is all free to registered users. They have recently been expanding from
> plant bioinformatics by adding more support for microbs and animals so
> there is a good chance they have a machine that has what you need.
> 
> They appear to be down for maintenance right now, but once they are back up
> you could check through all the virtual machines and see if any have what
> you need.
> 
> I just created an account myself so I am afraid I don't know much more but
> I was quite impressed with the "overview of iPlant" webinar I attended last
> week.
> 
> Chris Shaffer
> Biology
> Washington Univ in St. Louis
> P.S. I have no connection to iPlant except as an interested user.
> 
> 
>> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:09:19 -0500
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>> Hello,
>> 
>> Has anyone been successful in installing Biopython on an instance of the
>> amazon cloud?  If so, can I get some advice?  I tried finding an easy
>> install package, but couldn't, so I started to try installing from source.
>> I ran into trouble because with setup.py bcause it couldn't find gcc.  I
>> am going to try to find and install gcc...
>> 
>> Also, will this need to get reinstalled every time I start an instance of
>> the cloud?
>> 
>> Thanks!!
>> 
>> Jessica
>> 
>> 
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