Start PROOF Cromwell server

Usage

proof_start(slurm_account = NULL, token = NULL)

Arguments

slurm_account: (character) PI name in the form last_f, where last is the last name of the PI and f is the first name, e.g., "Jane Doe" would be doe_j; only needed if user is in more than one SLURM account. optional
token: (character) token for bearer authentication with the PROOF API. default is NULL. we do not recommend passing your token here as a string. Either pass it using Sys.getenv() or save your token as an env var and then passing nothing to this param and we'll find it

Value

A list with fields:

job_id (character) - the job ID
info (character) - message

Details

Does not return PROOF/Cromwell server URL, for that you have to periodically call proof_status(), or wait for the email from the PROOF API

Cromwell Server uptime

The Cromwell server started by this function will run for 7 days and then shut down. However, your data persists across different instances of Cromwell servers created by running this function. You do however need to have a Cromwell server up and running to retrieve data.

Timeout

If the PROOF API is unavailable, this function will timeout after 5 seconds. Contact the package maintainer if you get a timeout error. See proof_timeout().