The last few times I have tried to initiate a galaxy instance on the cloud I have gotten messages like the following: * 18:42:04 - Master starting * 18:42:05 - Completed initial cluster configuration. * 18:42:09 - Prerequisites OK; starting service 'SGE' * 18:42:20 - Configuring SGE... * 18:42:29 - Successfully setup SGE; configuring SGE * 18:42:29 - Saved file 'persistent_data.yaml' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:42:29 - Saved file 'cm_boot.py' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:42:29 - Problem connecting to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925', attempt 1/5 * 18:42:32 - Saved file 'cm.tar.gz' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:42:32 - Saved file 'test.clusterName' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:44:34 - Initializing a 'Galaxy' cluster. * 18:44:34 - Retrieved file 'snaps.yaml' from bucket 'cloudman' to 'cm_snaps.yaml'. * 18:45:25 - Error mounting file system '/mnt/galaxyData' from '/dev/sdg3', running command '/bin/mount /dev/sdg3 /mnt/galaxyData' returned code '32' and following stderr: 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type ' * 18:45:27 - Prerequisites OK; starting service 'Postgres' * 18:45:27 - PostgreSQL data directory '/mnt/galaxyData/pgsql/data' does not exist (yet?) * 18:45:27 - Configuring PostgreSQL with a database for Galaxy... * 18:45:39 - Prerequisites OK; starting service 'Galaxy' * 18:45:39 - Setting up Galaxy application * 18:45:40 - Retrieved file 'universe_wsgi.ini.cloud' from bucket 'cloudman' to '/mnt/galaxyTools/galaxy-central/universe_wsgi.ini'. * 18:45:40 - Retrieved file 'tool_conf.xml.cloud' from bucket 'cloudman' to '/mnt/galaxyTools/galaxy-central/tool_conf.xml'. * 18:45:40 - Retrieved file 'tool_data_table_conf.xml.cloud' from bucket 'cloudman' to '/mnt/galaxyTools/galaxy-central/tool_data_table_conf.xml.cloud'. * 18:45:40 - Starting Galaxy... * 18:45:51 - Saved file 'persistent_data.yaml' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:49:34 - Galaxy daemon not running. * 18:49:34 - Galaxy service state changed from 'Starting' to 'Error' * 18:49:35 - Saved file 'persistent_data.yaml' to bucket 'cm-26cac39701f0918ab9a9dca54f69e925' * 18:49:41 - Galaxy daemon not running. * 18:49:58 - Galaxy daemon not running. * 18:50:15 - Galaxy daemon not running. I am using 861460482541/galaxy-cloudman-2011-03-22, which is supposed to be the current version. Tom Thomas Randall, PhD Bioinformatics Scientist, Contractor Integrative Bioinformatics National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 randallta2@niehs.nih.gov<mailto:randallta2@niehs.nih.gov> 919-541-2271