Chapter 1 Introduction

Welcome to the AnVIL Getting Started guide! In it you will find step-by-step instructions for setting up your accounts, as well as guides on how to use some of AnVIL’s key features.

1.0.1 What Is AnVIL?

AnVIL is NHGRI’s Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space. It provides a platform for performing genomic data analysis on the cloud.

1.0.1.1 Does AnVIL Cost Money?

Through AnVIL, you pay for computing resources as you use them. If you’d like to try it out, new users can claim a $300 Google Cloud credit to test out the platform and perform some small analyses.

We also provide a cost estimator.

1.0.1.2 Where Can I Get Help?

Please visit our community support forum at help.anvilproject.org with any questions (or suggestions!) you may have.

Also join the AnVIL Mailing List anvil-mailing-list@lists.anvilproject.org by subscribing here: https://lists.anvilproject.org/lists/anvil-mailing-list.lists.anvilproject.org/.

1.0.1.3 AnVIL Collection

Additional guides are provided to help you with Workspaces, launch interactive tools, and start working with data. Learn more about AnVIL by visiting https://anvilproject.org or reading the article in Cell Genomics.

Please check out our full collection of AnVIL and related resources: https://hutchdatascience.org/AnVIL_Collection/

1.0.2 Why AnVIL?

Read on for more information regarding Why use AnVIL? in the next chapter, or skip ahead to another guide on Account Setup or Working on AnVIL.