New subject: Importing workflow from file fails in Galaxy instance on Amazon Cloud

4 Jan 2014


      Hi,
I can't import workflows from file on a freshly installed instance of
Galaxy on Amazon Cloud. The error message is copied below. Do you have some
idea on how to fix this?
Thanks,
Sébastien
Internal Server Error
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Galaxy was unable to sucessfully complete your request
URL:
http://ec2-50-19-79-199.compute-1.amazonaws.com/workflow/import_workflow
Module galaxy.web.framework.middleware.error:149 in __call__
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app_iter = self.application(environ, sr_checker)
Module paste.recursive:84 in __call__
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return self.application(environ, start_response)
Module paste.httpexceptions:633 in __call__
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return self.application(environ, start_response)
Module galaxy.web.framework.base:132 in __call__
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return self.handle_request( environ, start_response )
Module galaxy.web.framework.base:190 in handle_request
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body = method( trans, **kwargs )
Module galaxy.webapps.galaxy.controllers.workflow:1127 in import_workflow
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workflow, missing_tool_tups = self._workflow_from_dict( trans, data,
source=src,add_to_menu=add_to_menu )
Module galaxy.webapps.galaxy.controllers.workflow:1823 in
_workflow_from_dict
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module = module_factory.from_dict( trans, step_dict, secure=False )
Module galaxy.workflow.modules:428 in from_dict
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return self.module_types[type].from_dict( trans, d, **kwargs )
Module galaxy.workflow.modules:222 in from_dict
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module.state.decode( d[ "tool_state" ], module.tool, module.trans.app,
secure=secure )
Module galaxy.tools:849 in decode
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self.inputs = params_from_strings( tool.inputs, values, app,
ignore_errors=True )
Module galaxy.tools.parameters:92 in params_from_strings
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value = json_fix( from_json_string( value ) )
Module simplejson:384 in loads
Module simplejson.decoder:402 in decode
TypeError: expected string or buffer