Platforma Desktop Application
More desktop application guides and full description will appear here eventually.
Meanwhile, you can download it from platforma.bio and get to know it on your own.
After opening the app, the first page with different types of deployments will appear.
Below we'll describe different types of how to connect to Platforma Backend.
SSH deployment
When using this connection type, you set the Platforma Desktop App to run all compute-intensive tasks on a remote server that you can access via SSH. The biological software runs your sequence files analysis on the remote server, providing you with more computational resources than you have on your personal laptop.
If you have powerful-enough server, this allows you to run analysis for huge datasets, while having the access to the results in an intuitive UI with rich visualizations.
When used with this connection type, the Platforma Desktop App connects to the server using your SSH credentials, automatically installs the Platforma Backend application on the server, starts it and automatically connects to it for further operation.
For the full documentation refer to SSH documentation.
Running Desktop Application on Linux
For Linux Desktop, an AppImage is available for download. You can follow the guide to run AppImages here.
If nothing happens after making the file executable and double-clicking it, your system likely needs the libfuse2 package installed. On Ubuntu, you can install it by running this command in the terminal:
sudo apt install libfuse2