• 1 Introduction to DNA Nexus and Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics
    • 1.1 Hi!
    • 1.2 Target Audience:
    • 1.3 Audience Experience Level:
    • 1.4 Audience Needs:
  • 2 Why use the cloud?
    • 2.1 Why use the cloud?
    • 2.2 Why use the cloud?
  • 3 Which Cloud to Use?
    • 3.1 Which Cloud to Use?
    • 3.2 Which Cloud to Use?
  • 4 DNA Nexus
  • 5 Getting Started
    • 5.1 Getting Started
    • 5.2 Getting Started
    • 5.3 Getting Started
    • 5.4 Getting Started
    • 5.5 Getting Started
    • 5.6 Getting Started
  • 6 Command Line vs GUI
    • 6.1 The Web Interface
    • 6.2 The Web Interface
    • 6.3 The Web Interface
    • 6.4 The Web Interface
  • 7 The Command Line tool: dx
    • 7.1 Using the Command Line Tool
    • 7.2 Using the Command Line Tool
    • 7.3 Using the Command Line Tool
    • 7.4 Using the Command Line Tool
    • 7.5 Using the Command Line Tool
  • 8 DNA Nexus Apps
    • 8.1 Running Apps
    • 8.2 Running Apps
    • 8.3 Running Apps
    • 8.4 Running Apps
  • 9 DNA Nexus Workstations and Scripts
    • 9.1 DNA Nexus Workstations and Scripts
    • 9.2 R Bioinformatics Toolkit
    • 9.3 R Bioinformatics Toolkit
  • 10 App Monitoring
    • 10.1 App Monitoring
    • 10.2 App Monitoring
    • 10.3 App Monitoring
  • 11 Questions?
  • 12 Advanced: Creating a New App
    • 12.1 The App Builder Wizard:
    • 12.2 Modifying the App:
    • 12.3 Building the App:
    • 12.4 Uploading Input Files
    • 12.5 Running the software
    • 12.6 Downloading results
    • 12.7 More useful commands:
  • 13 Legal
  • References

Introduction to DNA Nexus and Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics

13 Legal

This document and all relevant documentation is “United States Government Work” under he terms of the United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of the authors’ official duties for the United States Government and thus vArmyKnife cannot be copyrighted. This software is freely available to the public for use without a copyright notice. Restrictions cannot be placed on its present or future use.

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