An easy to use queue system for laboratory networks

RunnerPyzza is built for laboratory where standardized bioinformatics protocols are often used and it's meant to be used from any member of the lab (yes, even the not-so-skilled ones).
Although developed for biology labs, it could be used as a generalized queue manager.

Features

Unix-based

RunnerPyzza runs in unix based environments, as most of the bioinformatic softwares

A flexible Client - Server model

The beta version has a simple command line client, but thanks to our PyzzaProtocol, any kind of client can be created: GUIs and web interfaces, anything to simplify the tedious and repetitives bioinformatics tasks!

Make your own cloud

The jobs can run on as many machines you want: they just need to use a NFS (network file system) to exchange files.

Why the logo is a pizza?

Because we saw the similarity between a protocol (a series of single tasks) and a pizza (which can be divided in slices). Oh, and because we are italian!

Brought to you by

Emilio potenza
Phd student @ iasma
aemilius1984 AT gmail DOT com

Marco Galardini
Phd student @ unifi
galactus8403 AT gmail DOT com

Quick how-to

1. RunnerPyzza server installation on the main machine

python setup.py sdist
sudo pip install dist/RunnerPyzza-X.X.X.tar.gz
sudo RPadduser
sudo RPaddservice

2. Cloud setup (edit /etc/runnerpyzza/RPdaemon.conf and check that all the machines are connected through NFS)
sudo service runnerpyzza restart
3. Recipe creation (no tool available for now, but you can start from the example file)
4. Order your beloved pyzza!
RPlauncher auto YourRecipe.xml
5. RPlauncher offers also the opportunity to launch single commands

RPlauncher init YourRecipe.xml
RPlauncher start Margherita_XXXX
RPlauncher status Margherita_XXXX
RPlauncher results Margherita_XXXX
RPlauncher clean Margherita_XXXX

6. If something goes wrong you can check the main server log (/etc/runnerpyzza/log/RPdaemon.log