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" <sa...@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 <bnn...@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-27f1384e >> >> 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, >> >> Nolan >> _______________________________________________ >> Freesurfer mailing list >> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >> >> >> The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it >> is >> addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the >> e-mail >> contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance >> HelpLine at >> http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you >> in error >> but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and >> properly >> dispose of the e-mail. >> >> >
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