Galaxy Integration
Galaxy is an open-source workflow platform designed to make computational methods accessible, reusable, and reproducible. Originally developed for computational biology, Galaxy has evolved into a general framework utilized across various scientific disciplines. Further information about Galaxy can be found at galaxyproject.org.
Exchanging data and provenance information between RSpace and Galaxy
To efficiently exchange files between RSpace and Galaxy, you can configure RSpace as a file source in Galaxy with the release of Galaxy version 25.0:
- On Galaxy, ensure your Galaxy administrator has enabled the RSpace integration.
- In RSpace, if you don't have one already, create an API key in your My RSpace section (see also Obtaining your RSpace API key).
- On Galaxy, configure a new RSpace file source under User Preferences > Manage Your Repositories > Create > RSpace.
- Assign a name to your RSpace file source, enter the URL to your RSpace instance, your RSpace API key, and click Create.
Once RSpace is set up as a file source in Galaxy, you can import data from the RSpace Gallery into Galaxy using the upload functionality in Galaxy.
Furthermore, you can export data and histories from Galaxy into the RSpace Gallery using the dataset export tool and the history export tool in Galaxy, respectively.
For further information about this integration can be found here: Galaxy blog post.
🔜 In development: Initiating Galaxy workflows from RSpace
We're in the process of providing RSpace users the ability to initiate Galaxy workflows on their data in RSpace directly from within RSpace and import results and provenance information back into the research documentation.