Test Drive Prefab Applications

October 19, 2016 ยท View on GitHub

Labs Workbench makes it easy to test out new technologies and compare them with other similar products.

  1. Log into Labs Workbench
  2. Navigate to the Catalog view
  3. Add an application that you want to try out
  4. Navigate to the Applications view and start-up your added applications
  5. Access logs, consoles, configuration, or shut down / restart / delete your application instance

See a video of this feature in action!

Fair Warning

Please be advised that Labs Workbench is still in beta, and should not be used to house critical or sensitive data.

See Appectable Use Policy for more details.

Resource Limits

Users may simultaneously use up to:

  • 4 vCPUs
  • 12 GB RAM
  • 20 GB Storage

Try it out!

Go check out our catalog and, if you feel so inclined, test drive some services.

I would reccomend checking out one or more of the following:

  • Docker - An emerging technology that is changing everything (see tutorial)
  • Cloud9 - Pick your favorite flavor of this Cloud-based IDE
  • Girder - An open source data management platform
  • Sufia - Extends Hydra to provide a user interface around common repository features
  • ownCloud - A personal file repository