DataShield Summary

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Usage

Faesibility study for use with Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome wide Replication and Meta-analysis consortium (CARDIoGRAM).

Stages:

1. Test syndicated queries internal to BRU.
2. Prof to approach a partner organisation (probably Oxford, Ottawa or Lubec?) to test inter-site communication.
3. Roll out to other sites.

How Tos

• Opal HowTo Manage Users
• Opal HowTo Install
• Opal HowTo Import Data
• DataShield HowTo Install Client

Instances

Three servers are established on LAMP as per the SystemAdmin page.

• DataShield Opal Instance 1
• DataShield Opal Instance 2
• DataShield Instance Client

• lcbru-opal1 (LAMP143): DNS alias opal1.lcbru.le.ac.uk
• lcbru-opal2 (LAMP144): DNS alias opal2.lcbru.le.ac.uk
• lcbru-datashield (LAMP145): DNS alias datashield.lcbru.le.ac.uk

Installation instructions

Notes from Bristol colleagues on setting up the Opal data sources: ​https://wikis.bris.ac.uk/display/DSDEV/Notes+for+Data+Providers

Notes for setting up a client system: ​https://wikis.bris.ac.uk/display/DSDEV/Instructions+for+Linux+users#InstructionsforLinuxusers-SettingupyourmachinetousetheVirtualServers

Olly passed on some notes he had made about getting Opal and DataShield to work on UOL LAMP servers at: ​http://wiki.brisskit.le.ac.uk/wiki/Opal_install_(UoL)

The DataShield project itself has another set of instructions at: ​http://datashield.org/documentation/administrators.html#serversetup

Troubleshooting

• Opal Troubleshooting

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