Poster Number
22
Poster Title
The ELIXIR Cloud & AAI Driver Project: Maturing a Federated Analytics Ecosystem with GA4GH Standards
Authors
Alexander Kanitz 1,2,3, Jonathan Tedds 4, Martin Kuba 5, Eduardo Esteves 4, Anurag Gupta 1,6, Javed Habib 1,6, Keshav Dayal 6, and the ELIXIR Cloud & AAI Team
1 Pacific Analytics Consulting Pty Ltd, Australia
2 University of Basel, Switzerland
3 SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
4 ELIXIR Hub, European Union
5 Masaryk University, Czechia
6 Open source community contributor
1 Pacific Analytics Consulting Pty Ltd, Australia
2 University of Basel, Switzerland
3 SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
4 ELIXIR Hub, European Union
5 Masaryk University, Czechia
6 Open source community contributor
Abstract
The GA4GH "ELIXIR Cloud & AAI" Driver Project develops and maintains a suite of free and open-source components that enable federated data analysis. We demonstrate these components within "ELIXIR-on-Cloud," a proof-of-concept sandbox environment that operationalizes GA4GH Cloud Work Stream standards. The architecture is centered primarily on the GA4GH Task Execution Service (TES) API, which provides a standardized interface for sending computational workloads to diverse backend infrastructures. This poster presents significant updates to the component suite and the expansion of our testbed.
Recent progress includes the maturation of the technology stack with the first major release of the ELIXIR Cloud Components, a suite of UI elements for operationalizing GA4GH APIs, and the introduction of Poeisis, a novel, Kubernetes-native TES v1.1 implementation. Additionally, our proTES gateway has been enhanced with new middleware that transparently decrypts Crypt4GH-encrypted inputs for any downstream TES implementation. These capabilities are showcased via the Krini web portal, whose new dashboard feature demonstrates federated analytics across our expanding network of sandbox deployments, now including nodes in Germany and the Netherlands. The project’s key outputs are these individual FOSS components, which other organizations can adopt to build their own federated analysis products.
This development is aligned with the "Open TRE Suite" GA4GH Implementation Forum project (see dedicated poster), ensuring our components are suitable for use within secure research platforms.
Recent progress includes the maturation of the technology stack with the first major release of the ELIXIR Cloud Components, a suite of UI elements for operationalizing GA4GH APIs, and the introduction of Poeisis, a novel, Kubernetes-native TES v1.1 implementation. Additionally, our proTES gateway has been enhanced with new middleware that transparently decrypts Crypt4GH-encrypted inputs for any downstream TES implementation. These capabilities are showcased via the Krini web portal, whose new dashboard feature demonstrates federated analytics across our expanding network of sandbox deployments, now including nodes in Germany and the Netherlands. The project’s key outputs are these individual FOSS components, which other organizations can adopt to build their own federated analysis products.
This development is aligned with the "Open TRE Suite" GA4GH Implementation Forum project (see dedicated poster), ensuring our components are suitable for use within secure research platforms.
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