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-title: "Running an Arvados workflow"
+title: "Starting a Workflow at the Command Line"
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-{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
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-By default, the @arvados-cwl-runner@ is installed on Arvados shell nodes. If you want to submit jobs from somewhere else, such as your workstation, you may install "arvados-cwl-runner.":#setup
-
-{% include 'notebox_end' %}
-
This tutorial will demonstrate how to submit a workflow at the command line using @arvados-cwl-runner@.
-h2. Running arvados-cwl-runner
+# "Get the tutorial files":#get-files
+# "Submitting a workflow to an Arvados cluster":#submitting
+# "Registering a workflow to use in Workbench":#registering
+# "Make a workflow file directly executable":#executable
-h3. Get the example files
+h2(#get-files). Get the tutorial files
-The tutorial files are located in the "documentation section of the Arvados source repository:":https://github.com/arvados/arvados/tree/master/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem
+The tutorial files are located in the documentation section of the Arvados source repository, which can be found on "git.arvados.org":https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/tree/HEAD:/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem or "github":https://github.com/arvados/arvados/tree/master/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/arvados/arvados</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">git clone https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git</span>
~$ <span class="userinput">cd arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-The tutorial data is hosted on "https://playground.arvados.org":https://playground.arvados.org (also referred to by the identifier *qr1hi*). If you are using a different Arvados instance, you may need to copy the data to your own instance. The easiest way to do this is with "arv-copy":{{site.baseurl}}/user/topics/arv-copy.html (this requires signing up for a free playground.arvados.org account).
+The tutorial data is hosted on "https://playground.arvados.org":https://playground.arvados.org (also referred to by the identifier *pirca*). If you are using a different Arvados instance, you may need to copy the data to your own instance. One way to do this is with "arv-copy":{{site.baseurl}}/user/topics/arv-copy.html (this requires signing up for a free playground.arvados.org account).
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">arv-copy --src qr1hi --dst settings 2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">arv-copy --src qr1hi --dst settings ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">arv-copy --src qr1hi --dst settings 655c6cd07550151b210961ed1d3852cf+57</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">arv-copy --src pirca --dst settings 2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">arv-copy --src pirca --dst settings ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
If you do not wish to create an account on "https://playground.arvados.org":https://playground.arvados.org, you may download the files anonymously and upload them to your local Arvados instance:
-"https://playground.arvados.org/collections/2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438":https://playground.arvados.org/collections/2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438
-
-"https://playground.arvados.org/collections/ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180":https://playground.arvados.org/collections/ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180
+"https://collections.pirca.arvadosapi.com/c=2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438/":https://collections.pirca.arvadosapi.com/c=2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438/
-"https://playground.arvados.org/collections/655c6cd07550151b210961ed1d3852cf+57":https://playground.arvados.org/collections/655c6cd07550151b210961ed1d3852cf+57
+"https://collections.pirca.arvadosapi.com/c=ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180/":https://collections.pirca.arvadosapi.com/c=ae480c5099b81e17267b7445e35b4bc7+180/
-h2. Submitting a workflow to an Arvados cluster
+h2(#submitting). Submitting a workflow to an Arvados cluster
h3. Submit a workflow and wait for results
<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner bwa-mem.cwl bwa-mem-input.yml</span>
arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Upload local files: "bwa-mem.cwl"
-2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to qr1hi-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
-2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
-2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
-2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
+2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
+2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Overall process status is success
{
"aligned_sam": {
A URI reference to Keep uses the @keep:@ scheme followed by either the portable data hash or UUID of the collection and then the location of the file inside the collection. For example, @keep:2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438/19.fasta.bwt@ or @keep:zzzzz-4zz18-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/19.fasta.bwt@.
-If you reference a file in "arv-mount":{{site.baseurl}}/user/tutorials/tutorial-keep-mount.html, such as @/home/example/keep/by_id/2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438/19.fasta.bwt@, then @arvados-cwl-runner@ will automatically determine the appropriate Keep URI reference.
+If you reference a file in "arv-mount":{{site.baseurl}}/user/tutorials/tutorial-keep-mount-gnu-linux.html, such as @/home/example/keep/by_id/2463fa9efeb75e099685528b3b9071e0+438/19.fasta.bwt@, then @arvados-cwl-runner@ will automatically determine the appropriate Keep URI reference.
If you reference a local file which is not in @arv-mount@, then @arvados-cwl-runner@ will upload the file to Keep and use the Keep URI reference from the upload.
-You can also execute CWL files directly from Keep:
+You can also execute CWL files that have been uploaded Keep:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner keep:655c6cd07550151b210961ed1d3852cf+57/bwa-mem.cwl bwa-mem-input.yml</span>
+<pre><code>
+~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arv-put --portable-data-hash --name "bwa-mem.cwl" bwa-mem.cwl</span>
+2020-08-20 13:40:02 arvados.arv_put[12976] INFO: Collection saved as 'bwa-mem.cwl'
+f141fc27e7cfa7f7b6d208df5e0ee01b+59
+~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner keep:f141fc27e7cfa7f7b6d208df5e0ee01b+59/bwa-mem.cwl bwa-mem-input.yml</span>
arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
-2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to qr1hi-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
-2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
-2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
-2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (qr1hi-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
+2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
+2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Overall process status is success
{
"aligned_sam": {
</code></pre>
</notextile>
+Note: uploading a workflow file to Keep is _not_ the same as registering the workflow for use in Workbench. See "Registering a workflow to use in Workbench":#registering below.
+
h3. Work reuse
Workflows submitted with @arvados-cwl-runner@ will take advantage of Arvados job reuse. If you submit a workflow which is identical to one that has run before, it will short cut the execution and return the result of the previous run. This also applies to individual workflow steps. For example, a two step workflow where the first step has run before will reuse results for first step and only execute the new second step. You can disable this behavior with @--disable-reuse@.
h3. Command line options
-See "Using arvados-cwl-runner":{{site.baseurl}}/user/cwl/cwl-run-options.html
+See "arvados-cwl-runner options":{{site.baseurl}}/user/cwl/cwl-run-options.html
-h2(#setup). Setting up arvados-cwl-runner
+h2(#registering). Registering a workflow to use in Workbench
-By default, the @arvados-cwl-runner@ is installed on Arvados shell nodes. If you want to submit jobs from somewhere else, such as your workstation, you may install @arvados-cwl-runner@ using @pip@:
+Use @--create-workflow@ to register a CWL workflow with Arvados. This enables you to share workflows with other Arvados users, and run them by clicking the <span class="btn btn-sm btn-primary"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-gear"></i> Run a process...</span> button on the Workbench Dashboard and on the command line by UUID.
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">virtualenv ~/venv</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">. ~/venv/bin/activate</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">pip install -U setuptools</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">pip install arvados-cwl-runner</span>
+<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner --create-workflow bwa-mem.cwl</span>
+arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
+2016-07-01 12:21:01 arvados.arv-run[15796] INFO: Upload local files: "bwa-mem.cwl"
+2016-07-01 12:21:01 arvados.arv-run[15796] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-7e0hedrmkuyoei3
+2016-07-01 12:21:01 arvados.cwl-runner[15796] INFO: Created template zzzzz-p5p6p-rjleou1dwr167v5
+zzzzz-p5p6p-rjleou1dwr167v5
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-h3. Check Docker access
+You can provide a partial input file to set default values for the workflow input parameters. You can also use the @--name@ option to set the name of the workflow:
-In order to pull and upload Docker images, @arvados-cwl-runner@ requires access to Docker. You do not need Docker if the Docker images you intend to use are already available in Arvados.
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner --name "My workflow with defaults" --create-workflow bwa-mem.cwl bwa-mem-template.yml</span>
+arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
+2016-07-01 14:09:50 arvados.arv-run[3730] INFO: Upload local files: "bwa-mem.cwl"
+2016-07-01 14:09:50 arvados.arv-run[3730] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-0f91qkovk4ml18o
+2016-07-01 14:09:50 arvados.cwl-runner[3730] INFO: Created template zzzzz-p5p6p-0deqe6nuuyqns2i
+zzzzz-p5p6p-zuniv58hn8d0qd8
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
-You can determine if you have access to Docker by running @docker version@:
+h3. Running registered workflows at the command line
+
+You can run a registered workflow at the command line by its UUID:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">docker version</span>
-Client:
- Version: 1.9.1
- API version: 1.21
- Go version: go1.4.2
- Git commit: a34a1d5
- Built: Fri Nov 20 12:59:02 UTC 2015
- OS/Arch: linux/amd64
-
-Server:
- Version: 1.9.1
- API version: 1.21
- Go version: go1.4.2
- Git commit: a34a1d5
- Built: Fri Nov 20 12:59:02 UTC 2015
- OS/Arch: linux/amd64
+<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">arvados-cwl-runner pirca-7fd4e-3nqbw08vtjl8ybz --help</span>
+INFO /home/peter/work/scripts/venv3/bin/arvados-cwl-runner 2.1.0.dev20200814195416, arvados-python-client 2.1.0.dev20200814195416, cwltool 3.0.20200807132242
+INFO Resolved 'pirca-7fd4e-3nqbw08vtjl8ybz' to 'arvwf:pirca-7fd4e-3nqbw08vtjl8ybz#main'
+usage: pirca-7fd4e-3nqbw08vtjl8ybz [-h] [--PL PL] [--group_id GROUP_ID]
+ [--read_p1 READ_P1] [--read_p2 READ_P2]
+ [--reference REFERENCE]
+ [--sample_id SAMPLE_ID]
+ [job_order]
+
+positional arguments:
+ job_order Job input json file
+
+optional arguments:
+ -h, --help show this help message and exit
+ --PL PL
+ --group_id GROUP_ID
+ --read_p1 READ_P1 The reads, in fastq format.
+ --read_p2 READ_P2 For mate paired reads, the second file (optional).
+ --reference REFERENCE
+ The index files produced by `bwa index`
+ --sample_id SAMPLE_ID
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-If this returns an error, contact the sysadmin of your cluster for assistance.
+h2(#executable). Make a workflow file directly executable
+
+You can make a workflow file directly executable (@cwl-runner@ should be an alias to @arvados-cwl-runner@) by adding the following line to the top of the file:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env cwl-runner
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">./bwa-mem.cwl bwa-mem-input.yml</span>
+arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Upload local files: "bwa-mem.cwl"
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
+2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
+2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Overall process status is success
+{
+ "aligned_sam": {
+ "path": "keep:54325254b226664960de07b3b9482349+154/HWI-ST1027_129_D0THKACXX.1_1.sam",
+ "checksum": "sha1$0dc46a3126d0b5d4ce213b5f0e86e2d05a54755a",
+ "class": "File",
+ "size": 30738986
+ }
+}
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+You can even make an input file directly executable the same way with the following two lines at the top:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env cwl-runner
+cwl:tool: <span class="userinput">bwa-mem.cwl</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~/arvados/doc/user/cwl/bwa-mem$ <span class="userinput">./bwa-mem-input.yml</span>
+arvados-cwl-runner 1.0.20160628195002, arvados-python-client 0.1.20160616015107, cwltool 1.0.20160629140624
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Upload local files: "bwa-mem.cwl"
+2016-06-30 14:56:36 arvados.arv-run[27002] INFO: Uploaded to zzzzz-4zz18-h7ljh5u76760ww2
+2016-06-30 14:56:40 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Submitted job zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg
+2016-06-30 14:56:41 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Running
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Job bwa-mem.cwl (zzzzz-8i9sb-fm2n3b1w0l6bskg) is Complete
+2016-06-30 14:57:12 arvados.cwl-runner[27002] INFO: Overall process status is success
+{
+ "aligned_sam": {
+ "path": "keep:54325254b226664960de07b3b9482349+154/HWI-ST1027_129_D0THKACXX.1_1.sam",
+ "checksum": "sha1$0dc46a3126d0b5d4ce213b5f0e86e2d05a54755a",
+ "class": "File",
+ "size": 30738986
+ }
+}
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+h2(#setup). Setting up arvados-cwl-runner
+
+See "Arvados CWL Runner":{{site.baseurl}}/sdk/python/arvados-cwl-runner.html
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