django-docker-engine 0.0.61

Django app that manages the creation of, and proxies requests to, Docker containers

django_docker_engine

This Django app manages and proxies requests to Docker containers. The primary goal has been to provide a visualization framework for the Refinery Project, but nothing should prevent its use in other contexts, as well.

In order for a Docker container to work with this package it must at a minimum:

• listen on some port for HTTP connections, and
• accept a single JSON file as input.

Quick Demo

Install Docker if you haven't already, then download the project, install dependencies, and run the demo server:

$ git clone https://github.com/refinery-platform/django_docker_engine.git
$ cd django_docker_engine
$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ ./manage.py runserver

Visit the demo server: From there you can pick a visualization tool and a data file to launch a container, see the requests made against each container, and kill the containers you've launched.

More information

The Refinery team maintains a registry of Docker images which can be plugged in to this framework. It includes:

• refinery-higlass-docker: A wrapper for HiGlass, for exploring genomic contact matrices and tracks
• heatmap-scatter-dash: A Plotly Dash app for understanding differential expression data
• lineup-refinery-docker: A wrapper for Caleydo LineUp, for visualizing rankings based on heterogeneous attributes

More information:

• for users of the library
• for developers of the library
• background reading
• API documentation
• BOSC 2018 poster