Hi Satra,
Fabric does look nice, thanks for pointing it out and for a link to the ipython_in_a_box example.
That framework might work for what I had in mind for freesurfer and starcluster, which uses the same idea to keep the initial AMI footprint smaller/flexible.
Cheers,
Nolan On Nov 12, 2011 7:32 AM, "Satrajit Ghosh" satra@mit.edu wrote:
hi nolan,
i think starcluster is a great way to create a cluster on aws. but for those wanting to create a single instance and install things on an ami without actually having a large ami, fabric might be a good option.
fabric: http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.3.2/index.html
example: (another neurodebian ami) https://github.com/wholeslide/ipython_in_a_box/blob/master/fabfile.py
cheers,
satra
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Nolan Nichols bnniii@uw.edu wrote:
Thanks, Pedro!
I am glad to see that you posted a public AMI for freesurfer. And thanks to Thomas for producin documentation on how to use it.
This thread inspired me share a StarCluster AMI (ami-27f1384e in the us-east-1 region) that I built for batch FS jobs, which includes the initial setup for installing tools from the NeuroDebian repository. I've also been playing around with using s3fs, which allows Amazon's S3 to be mounted as a drive and accessed directly as the "subjects_dir".
The AMI can be launched here:
https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-27f13...
I did not include the .license for FS as I wasn't sure about licensing issues, but I would be happy to publish an AMI with a built-in license if I get the go ahead. For now you will need to start a cluster and your license to each instance.
A few details:
Ubuntu 10.04 x86 built from StarClusters ami-8cf913e5 us-east-1 region See the StarCluster details at http://web.mit.edu/stardev/cluster/ Customizing StarCluster ( http://web.mit.edu/stardev/cluster/docs/latest/manual/create_new_ami.html ) s3fs (http://code.google.com/p/s3fs/) Freesurfer 5.1 32-bit NeuroDebian ready (so you can apt-get install mricron, fsl, nipype, etc.)
Thanks again for starting this thread, and let me know if I can help in any way. It would be great to see "cloud" resources be readily accessibly to the community with minimal effort to get a cluster with freesurfer and tools available via neurodebian up and running.
Cheers,
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