[ensembl-dev] Ensembl VM possible to use for house Ensembl installation?

[Matthew Laird]

Hello Mingyi,

Indeed the VM is intended to assist users in rapidly using the API, 
users who might be running Windows or not want to install the API 
locally, the VM lets them prototype or rapidly start using the API with 
minimal effort. As you've discovered it's not intended to be a local 
Ensembl mirror, it's a client side installation.

Installing a mirror is actually even easier than setting up the API, 
dumps of all the Ensembl databases are available on our ftp site at 
ftp://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/current_mysql/ And instructions for loading 
them in to a local MySQL instance are available at 
http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/ensembl-data.html Once 
that's done, all you need to do is point the Registry at your local 
instance rather than one of the public mirrors, and voila, you have your 
own mirror of an Ensembl release.

If you have any other questions don't hesitate to drop us another message.

On 16-06-08 08:33 PM, Liu, Mingyi wrote:
>
> Hi, can anyone confirm my question below? Are the Ensembl VMs only for 
> Ensembl API + Ensembl’s own MySQL access, or the VM has everything 
> needed for in-house Ensembl installation (one just need to change some 
> parameters to point to in-house MySQL etc)? If the latter that’d be 
> fantastic, but so far it doesn’t look like the case.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mingyi
>
> *From:*Liu, Mingyi
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2016 1:48 PM
> *To:* Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
> *Subject:* Ensembl VM possible to use for house Ensembl installation?
>
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded Ensembl VMs in the hope that this is an easy way to set 
> up Ensembl in-house (once MySQL data are all downloaded/imported). 
> However it seems that the VM doesn’t have webserver and is only meant 
> to be used for running scripts that utilize Ensembl API?  Is that 
> correct? I’m a bit confused as I thought one doesn’t need a VM to run 
> scripts using Ensembl API, just need to download Ensembl/Bioperl and 
> install dependency. So the VM is mostly for saving efforts installing 
> dependency?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mingyi
>
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