The overall objective is to develop a connector between PBSPro scheduling system (one of common scheduling systems in NRENs) and container-platform Kubernetes. The connector will enhance the possibilities of computational pipelines performed in Kubernetes without rewriting HPC-tailored code into containers and provide hybrid cloud with single entry point from user perspective. The connector will also provide ways of seamlessly integrating data from various storage points and a simple way of providing authentication. Connector’s performance and usability will be tested on real use-cases that use bioinformatics workflow manager such as Nextflow. Research groups that would like to use the best of HPC and container worlds will benefit from the solution.

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