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-## Arvados Workbench 2
-
-### Setup
-
-brew install yarn
-yarn install
-
-Install [redux-devtools-extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redux-devtools/lmhkpmbekcpmknklioeibfkpmmfibljd)
-
-### Start project
-yarn start
-
-### Run tests
-
-yarn install
-yarn test
-
-
-### Production build
-
-yarn install
-yarn build
-
-
-### Build time configuration
-You can customize project global variables using env variables. Default values are placed in the `.env` file.
-
-Example:
-```
-REACT_APP_ARVADOS_CONFIG_URL=config.json yarn build
-```
+[](https://gitter.im/arvados/community?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) | [Installing Arvados](https://doc.arvados.org/install/index.html) | [Installing Client SDKs](https://doc.arvados.org/sdk/index.html) | [Report a bug](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/issues/new) | [Development and Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+
+
+[Arvados](https://arvados.org) is an open source platform for
+managing, processing, and sharing genomic and other large scientific
+and biomedical data. With Arvados, bioinformaticians run and scale
+compute-intensive workflows, developers create biomedical
+applications, and IT administrators manage large compute and storage
+resources.
+
+The key components of Arvados are:
+
+* *Keep*: Keep is the Arvados storage system for managing and storing large
+collections of files. Keep combines content addressing and a
+distributed storage architecture resulting in both high reliability
+and high throughput. Every file stored in Keep can be accurately
+verified every time it is retrieved. Keep supports the creation of
+collections as a flexible way to define data sets without having to
+re-organize or needlessly copy data. Keep works on a wide range of
+underlying filesystems and object stores.
+
+* *Crunch*: Crunch is the orchestration system for running [Common Workflow Language](https://www.commonwl.org) workflows. It is
+designed to maintain data provenance and workflow
+reproducibility. Crunch automatically tracks data inputs and outputs
+through Keep and executes workflow processes in Docker containers. In
+a cloud environment, Crunch optimizes costs by scaling compute on demand.
-### Run time configuration
-The app will fetch runtime configuration when starting. By default it will try to fetch `/config.json`. You can customize this url using build time configuration.
+* *Workbench*: The Workbench web application allows users to interactively access
+Arvados functionality. It is especially helpful for querying and
+browsing data, visualizing provenance, and tracking the progress of
+workflows.
+
+* *Command Line tools*: The command line interface (CLI) provides convenient access to Arvados
+functionality in the Arvados platform from the command line.
+
+* *API and SDKs*: Arvados is designed to be integrated with existing infrastructure. All
+the services in Arvados are accessed through a RESTful API. SDKs are
+available for Python, Go, R, Perl, Ruby, and Java.
+
+# Quick start
+
+To try out Arvados on your local workstation, you can use Arvbox, which
+provides Arvados components pre-installed in a Docker container (requires
+Docker 1.9+). After cloning the Arvados git repository:
-Currently this configuration schema is supported:
```
-{
- "API_HOST": "string",
- "VOCABULARY_URL": "string"
-}
+$ cd arvados/tools/arvbox/bin
+$ ./arvbox start localdemo
```
-### Licensing
+In this mode you will only be able to connect to Arvbox from the same host. To
+configure Arvbox to be accessible over a network and for other options see
+http://doc.arvados.org/install/arvbox.html for details.
+
+# Documentation
+
+Complete documentation, including the [User Guide](https://doc.arvados.org/user/index.html), [Installation documentation](https://doc.arvados.org/install/index.html), [Administrator documentation](https://doc.arvados.org/admin/index.html) and
+[API documentation](https://doc.arvados.org/api/index.html) is available at http://doc.arvados.org/
+
+If you wish to build the Arvados documentation from a local git clone, see
+[doc/README.textile](doc/README.textile) for instructions.
+
+# Community
+
+[](https://gitter.im/arvados/community?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+The [Arvados community channel](https://gitter.im/arvados/community)
+channel at [gitter.im](https://gitter.im) is available for live
+discussion and support.
+
+The [Arvados developement channel](https://gitter.im/arvados/development)
+channel at [gitter.im](https://gitter.im) is used to coordinate development.
+
+The [Arvados user mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados)
+is used to announce new versions and other news.
+
+All participants are expected to abide by the [Arvados Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+# Reporting bugs
+
+[Report a bug](https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/issues/new) on [dev.arvados.org](https://dev.arvados.org).
+
+# Development and Contributing
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information about Arvados development and how to contribute to the Arvados project.
+
+The [development road map](https://dev.arvados.org/issues/gantt?utf8=%E2%9C%93&set_filter=1&gantt=1&f%5B%5D=project_id&op%5Bproject_id%5D=%3D&v%5Bproject_id%5D%5B%5D=49&f%5B%5D=&zoom=1) outlines some of the project priorities over the next twelve months.
+
+# Licensing
-Arvados is Free Software. See COPYING for information about Arvados Free
-Software licenses.
+Arvados is Free Software. See [COPYING](COPYING) for information about the open source licenses used in Arvados.