Maybe we can set up a web server in the Martinos center and the AMI Image can authenticate in it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro Paulo de Magalhães Oliveira Junior Netfilter & SpeedComm Telecom -- www.netfilter.com.br -- For mobile: http://itunes.apple.com/br/artist/netfilter/id365306441
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 15:28, Nick Schmansky <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>wrote: > I'm happy to see the work getting the cloud to be feasible. I still need > to catch up on this thread but one issue that I'd like to sort out is > tracking the license count. Its fine for a new user to use an existing > image, but I think there will need to be a way to remind people to request > our .license file even if they don't actually use the file so that cloud > usages get counted (license count is critical for us for grant renewal > purposes). Ideas on a clean way to do this? > > N. > > > On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Thomas Ballinger <thomasballin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Satra, the ipython example looks great. The scripts I posted also use > fabric for running Freesurfer, but don't download Freesurfer due to it > already being installed on Pedro's image. I agree with Satra that > individually administered instances might work better for those wishing to > run a few cases with Freesurfer, particularly due to the predictable long > running time (lessening the benefits of job distribution) and ability of a > recon-all job to efficiently use all of a ec2 small instance's cpu. I think > starcluster is pretty awesome, and I would love to push people in that > direction, but it won't be quite as push-button, and the benefits may be > minimal for small use cases. That's not to say there aren't plenty of > folks who would rather use Nolan's solution (me for one :)) > > Tom > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Nolan Nichols <bnn...@uw.edu> wrote: > >> 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 . 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