This Ansible role configures a shared applications directory for software packaged by the SBGrid Consortium. It makes use of a shared NFS mountpoint and is intended for GNU/Linux workstations in a networked environment. Presently only RHEL family distributions are supported.
An NFS mount must be set up and exported. The set up of this NFS mount is beyond the scope of this role and should be done in another playbook/role.
sb_install_target
(string) : A path to where the NFS mount containing the programs should be mounted.
sbgrid_nfs_mount
(string) : The NFS mountpoint (in host:path format).
helpdesk_email
(string) : An e-mail address for the local contact for technical issues. Presented to end-users if there is difficulty adding SBGrid applications to the path.
app-sbgrid-server
must be run on one host in the networked environment. The host that theapp-sbgrid-server
role is applied to will download and update packages from the SBGrid consortium.
Revised 3-Clause BSD License