5:08 a.m.
Hi Podman community,
Short info that there is another open source project that can run on Podman
now.
See:
https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/miniwdl/issues/520#issuecomment-981051895
MiniWDL is an engine that can run task-trees, sometimes called Pipelines or
Flows or CI/CD engine and probably others, from the bioscience and
bioinformatics world. Each task is wrapped in a container, and that is
where Podman can come in handy. A huge advantage of MiniWDL is that it uses
the standardised format WDL to represent its task-trees. Standardised data
format means more integrations and more solution independence for the users.
For Podman this integration is valuable in two ways:
- It extends the capabilities to run multiple containers together for a
shared purpose. But where kube play makes life easier for web service
maintainers, MiniWDL makes life easier for event-driven data processors,
e.g. in Big Data, IoT, or similar scenarios.
- It might help grow awareness for Podman in these communities: science,
bioinformatics, pharma, medical, police forces.
I think, after having an integration between both projects, it would make
sense, if someone could have a look if the right Podman commands have been
used, technical limitations and security have been considered enough, and
what else?
Also, a product manager could check in with the corresponding vertical
communities if that could open some collaboration opportunities elsewhere.
And last but not least, maybe it could extend the use cases for which
Podman is useful, right?
Let me know what you think!
Best,
Erik