The ELIXIR Cloud and Authentication & Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) initiative develops services that will support a federated hybrid/multicloud computing network for genomics-scale data across ELIXIR’s European Nodes. This federated environment will be compliant with GA4GH standards, allowing researchers to analyse data at population scale across international boundaries.
Funding for ELIXIR Cloud & AAI comes from the European Commission.
Image summary -
scheme showing how compute federation could work in the ELIXIR::GA4GH Cloud. The GA4GH Workflow Execution Service (WES) and Task Execution Service (TES) standards are used to abstract over different workflow management systems and compute backends, respectively. Authentication and authorisation is achieved through Life Science AAI and makes use of GA4GH Passport. WES and TES gateways are used to inject middleware, for instance for the effective distribution of workloads, increased interoperability, or the implementation of ELIXIR-specific features and policies. Note that the scheme does not reflect a current state of integration.
Thematic Area
| Title | Related Driver Projects and Organisations |
|---|---|
| cwl-WES | ELIXIR Cloud and AAI |
| ELIXIR Cloud & AAI | ELIXIR Cloud and AAI |
| Life Science AAI | ELIXIR Cloud and AAI |
| TESK | ELIXIR Cloud and AAI |
