Web Service for Bioinformatic Analysis Workflow

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Platform requirements for Web Service for Bioinformatic Analysis Workflow

Operating systems: Linux® kernal 2.4 or above; AIX 4.3 or above; Windows® NT, 2000, XP

Hardware:

• For AIX:
• Any platform
• Minimum 10 MB free disk space for intallation (does not include JDK)
• Minimum 128 MB memory
• For Linux on Intel®:
• Intel Pentium® processor, 500 MHz or above
• Minimum 10 MB free disk space for intallation (does not include JRE)
• Minimum 128 MB memory
• For Windows NT, 2000, XP:
• Intel Pentium processor, 500 MHz or above
• Minimum 15 MB free disk space for installation (does not includes JRE)
• Minimum 128 MB memory

Installation instructions for Web Service for Bioinformatic Analysis Workflow

1. Ensure that you have the correct JRE:
• Windows: Install JRE 1.3 or above from Sun; Install JRE and verify that the enviroment variable path contains the reference to the directory bin of JRE.
• Linux: Be sure your Java version is 1.3.1 or above. Create the variable java_home and assign to it the path of the jre directory of your Java distribution (alternatively, you can uncomment the first line of the file wsclient.sh and insert there the correct java_home value).
• AIX: Be sure your Java version is 1.3.1 or above. Verify that the Java executable is in your path.
2. Set your proxy configurations: If you use a proxy server for internet connection, you must insert your proxy setting in the configuration file (conf.properties under the WsBAW installation directory). Type the following:
Wbiproxy=true
wbiproxyhost= your proxy address
wbiproxyport= your proxy port

3. To get a valid account, register yourself here. You can find some request examples in doc/request/ under the WsBAW installation directory. Insert your account information in the request XML document. Type the following:
<Userid>your user ID</userid>
<password>your password</password>
4. Run the Web service client from the installation directory:
• Windows: Launch wsclient.bat.
• Linux: Open the Linux shell and launch wsclient_linux.sh.
• AIX: Open the AIX shell and launch wsclient_aix.sh.

The system will ask you to insert the XML request file name (you can find some request examples in the directory doc/request/). Then the system will ask you to insert the name of the file in which it must write the response. When the execution ends, you will find the results of the submitted analyses in your response XML document.