Data shares allow you to easily share data with collaborators or services that do not have access to GenomeDK.
Data shares, of course, do not work in closed zones.
Creating a share is easy, just run:
[fe-open-01]$ gdk-share-create
wiKdTt3oFek /faststorage/share/wiKdTt3oFek.tmp
The command outputs two things: an identifier, which uniquely identifies your share, and a path on the filesystem. You can now copy the data that you wish to share to the outputted path. For example:
[fe-open-01]$ cp mydata.tar.gz /faststorage/share/wiKdTt3oFek.tmp/
In this example we copy the file mydata.tar.gz to the share.
You can inspect the share with ls.
[fe-open-01]$ ls -l /faststorage/share/wiKdTt3oFek.tmp
total 42
-rw-rw-r-- 1 das das 42 2022-05-17 10:21 mydata.tar.gz
When you have copied all of the files you wish to share to the share folder, it’s time to publish it.
To make the data available outside of GenomeDK, you must publish your share.
[fe-open-01]$ gdk-share-publish <share id>
Continuing the example above, we would run:
[fe-open-01]$ gdk-share-publish wiKdTt3oFek
https://share.genome.au.dk/JTTwInSMXqU
Note that publishing the share may take a while, especially if you share many small files. When the share has been published, you receive a link to the share. Any person with the link can access the share. In this case we got the link:
(The link won’t work as the share has been deleted).
The link will be available for 60 days after which the share will be deleted. If you need the share to be available for longer you must contact support.
You can download files with any client that supports HTTPS, which means that any normal Internet browser will work. If you shared many or very large files, or a browser is not available, e.g. if your collaborator is downloading files from your share to another HPC system, it is easier to use wget:
$ wget --mirror --no-parent --no-host-directories https://share.genome.au.dk/JTTwInSMXqU
This will download all files in the share.
You can get a list of your shares:
[fe-open-01]$ gdk-share-list
id url path state expires
wiKdTt3oFek https://share.genome.au.dk/JTTwInSMXqU - published 2022-07-16
Since we already published our share, the folder on GenomeDK is no longer available.
If you no longer need a share you can either wait for it to expire or delete it manually. You can delete a share with this command:
[fe-open-01]$ gdk-share-delete wiKdTt3oFek
Removed wiKdTt3oFek
This may take a while if the share contained many or large files.