Welcome to WfExS-backend’s documentation!

WfExS-backend (/why’fex/) is a high-level workflow orchestrator designed for reproducible and secure workflow executions in isolated environments, promoting analysis reproducibility and replicability using potentially sensitive data. Mainly, WfExS is used to import and execute workflows.

Note

This project is under active development.

Contents

• Getting Started
  • System requirements
  • Installation
    • Prerequisites
    • “Easy” setup WfExS
    • Software dependencies
    • Gearshift specific installation instructions
• Configuration
  • Local configuration
    • Main local configuration parameters
  • Workflow staging configuration
  • Security contexts file
• Executing WfExS
  • Testing the Software: Running a Test Workflow
  • Working with WfExS to Run Your Own Workflow
  • Workflow staging configuration file
  • Security contexts file
• Contributing
  • Types of contributions
  • Development tips
• CLI