HTS Bioinf - Using ELLA track config manager
Scope
The procedure describes how to update igvjs tracks in ELLA visual using ELLA track config manager.
Responsibility
Production duty bioinformaticians.
Administration
ELLA track config manager webUI is run on the VM p22-app-01
.
If it is not up, navigate to /ess/p22/data/durable/production/ella/ops-compose
as service user from p22-app-01
and run task track-config-manager
from within a screen.
The configuration of the tool can be found at /ess/p22/data/durable/production/ella/ops-compose/ella_trackcfg_mgr/config.txt
.
Track config manager instructions
- Navigate to
p22-app-01:8585
in a browser on TSD (e.g. Chromium) - Select an instance (staging or prod)
- Click the
Edit Config
button on the top right of the view and choose Code inView
(Figure 1 left panel) - Find the track in question (scroll or use
CTRL+f
) and update its version in thedescription
field - Tick
Write updated config
and click the button to save the new config - Review the changes on the front page for the respective instance of the track config manager (Figure 1 right panel)
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Figure 1. Screenshots of ELLA track config manager webUI.
Info
How to check that the track config update worked as expected: - Navigate to the respective ELLA instance - Pick an analysis and select the "VISUAL" tab (left panel, above the variants table) - Under TRACK SELECTION, hover over the respective data source (e.g., "ClinVar" in the SNV section) - Verify that it shows the annotation and file version that you entered earlier in the track config