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Nextflow and Wave

Wave integrates with Nextflow to build and provision containers during pipeline execution. When a process runs, Wave resolves its container and returns an image URI to Nextflow. You don't pre-build or manage images by hand.

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Nextflow integration with Wave requires Nextflow 22.10.0 or later.

Getting started​

To enable Wave in a Nextflow pipeline, add the following to your Nextflow configuration file:

nextflow.config
wave.enabled = true
tower.accessToken = '<tower-access-token>'

Replace <tower-access-token> with your Seqera access token. The token is optional. With a token you gain access to private repositories and higher API request limits than anonymous users.

Next steps​

  • Use cases: See common patterns for building, augmenting, and freezing containers from a Nextflow pipeline.
  • Configuration reference: See the full list of wave.* options for tuning Wave behavior in Nextflow.
  • Nextflow and Wave tutorial: Follow a step-by-step walkthrough of running a pipeline with Wave.
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