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= [wiki:xQTL xQTL workbench] - Galaxy and Cloud =

There are many alternative ways to connect or deploy xQTL in powerful environments such as web services, the C programming language, Galaxy, or the EC3 cloud. Here we will highlight some of these possibilities.

=== xQTL as a Galaxy datasource ===

To connext Galaxy to xQTL, please follow the generic tutorial for Molgenis applications. It can be found [MolgenisAsGalaxyDatasource here].

=== Running in Cloud EC3 ===

Vagrant Debian squeeze installation for cloud deployment:

Links:

* [http://vagrantup.com/ Vagrant][[BR]]
* [http://mathie-vagrant-boxes.s3.amazonaws.com/debian_squeeze_32.box Debian Squeeze][[BR]]
* [http://woss.name/2011/02/07/vagrant-base-bo-for-debian-squeeze/ Run Debian Squeeze using Vagrant]

So this boils down to:

Install Vagrant[[BR]]
`gem install vagrant`[[BR]]

Download and start Debian Squeeze in SSH mode using Vagrant[[BR]]
`vagrant box add debian_squeeze_32 http://mathie-vagrant-boxes.s3.amazonaws.com/debian_squeeze_32.box`[[BR]]
`mkdir squeeze_demo`[[BR]]
`cd squeeze_demo`[[BR]]
`vagrant init debian_squeeze_32`[[BR]]

Forward port and/or IP (TODO)[[BR]]
Open '''Vagrantfile''' with your favourite text editor. Change these lines:[[BR]]
`  # config.vm.network "33.33.33.10"`[[BR]]
`  # config.vm.forward_port "http", 80, 8080`

Start the Vagrant box[[BR]]
`vagrant up`[[BR]]
`vagrant ssh`[[BR]]

Install dependencies[[BR]]
`sudo su`[[BR]]
`apt-get update`[[BR]]
`apt-get install ant git-core default-jdk -y`[[BR]]

Install and start xQTL workbench[[BR]]
`mkdir xqtlwb`[[BR]]
`cd xqtlwb`[[BR]]
`git clone https://www.github.com/molgenis/molgenis.git`[[BR]]
`git clone https://www.github.com/molgenis/molgenis_apps.git`[[BR]]
`ant -f molgenis_apps/xqtl_dev.xml make_run`[[BR]]