Quick Start Guide

Note

Please see our detailed User’s Guide for detailed instructions on using GTG.

  • Open the GTG web interface.
  • Use the Create Tool XML tab to start your XML file.
  • Add XML components and set their attributes.
  • Press the Update XMLs in galaxy_tool_directory folder button in the Build Tool Repository tab to add the finished XML to the repository.
  • Add any additional files to the gtg_dev_dir/galaxy_tool_repository folder.
  • Connect GTG to the Galaxy Toolshed in the Connect to ToolShed tab.
  • Publish to the Test Toolshed in the Publish Tool Repository tab.
  • Install and test your published tool in the local Galaxy container using the Sync to Galaxy field in the Build Tool Repository tab, providing the path relative to the shed_tools directory.
  • Restart Galaxy to integrate the changes: docker exec -it gtg_galaxy sh -c 'supervisorctl restart galaxy:'