Summary

The Google Cloud plugin provides support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google Cloud Batch as a compute executor and Google Cloud Storage as a file system.

Get Started

To use this plugin, add it to your nextflow.config:

plugins {
  id 'nf-google'
}

Configure your Google Cloud credentials and project:

google {
  project = '<YOUR PROJECT ID>'
  location = 'us-central1'
}

process.executor = 'google-batch'
workDir = 'gs://<YOUR BUCKET>/work'

Authentication can be done via:

• Application Default Credentials
• Service account JSON key file
• Workload Identity (for GKE)

Examples

Basic Google Cloud Batch Configuration

plugins {
  id 'nf-google'
}

google {
  project = 'my-gcp-project'
  location = 'europe-west1'
  batch {
    spot = true
  }
}

process.executor = 'google-batch'
workDir = 'gs://my-bucket/work'

Using Service Account

google {
  project = 'my-gcp-project'
  location = 'us-central1'
  credentials = '/path/to/service-account.json'
}

Machine Type Configuration

process {
  executor = 'google-batch'
  machineType = 'n2-standard-4'
  disk = '100 GB'
}

License

Apache License 2.0