Hi all,
I am working on a way to add/install tools to galaxy in a more automated way.
I need that for the galaxy-taverna interoperability work we are doing (https://trac.nbic.nl/elabfactory/wiki/eGalaxy). The generator produces a galaxy tool (.zip or an .xml + .rb) that I want to install as easily as possible. Since, this is sth that other people might be interested I was thinking of generalising it.
The idea is to create a script (background process) where we specify an association between a galaxy tool directory and a galaxy section. Every time something is copied in that directory it will be picked up by the script, which will check if it is a valid tool, and add it to tool_conf.xml in the specified section (+optionally restart the server).
I am assuming that people would have already worked on/thought of something similar for their own needs. So, my questions are:
a) anyone knows if sth similar already exists and how reusable it is, and b) does it sound like something useful (apparently, to people that manage tools frequently!)
Cheers, Kostas