wiki:DataShield Summary

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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

Instances

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

  • 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

Error: Macro BackLinks(None) failed
'Environment' object has no attribute 'get_db_cnx'

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