= DataShield Summary

Tags: [[LcbruSystem]]

== 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]]

== 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

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