In the context of NFDI4Microbita we develop with the Cloud-based Workflow Manager (CloWM) an integrated platform for highly scalable workflow execution. CloWM allows the seamless integration of (1) versioned workflows, (2) robust data storage, (3) a highly scalable compute layer and (4) a user- friendly interface. Due to its generic design the platform is also used in other NFDIs (e.g. NFDI4Biodiversity) as an execution environment for community specific data analysis workflows and will be an official de.NBI service soon. With this Incubator project we want to open our service to a broader community by supporting the usage of other community AAIs for authentication. The CloWM platform currently supports LS LOGIN (Life Science Login) via OIDC as SSO solution for user authentication. If the NFDI Infra Proxy supports OIDC, we will add it as an additional login option and hence opening the platform to users of other community AAIs.
Opening the Cloud-based Workflow Manager (CloWM) to the whole NFDI is an incubator project within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) basic service of Base4NFDI.
Current status
Finished — cycle 3 completed on 2025-07-31.
Timeline
- Start: 2025-02-01
- End: 2025-07-31
- Cycle: 3
Goals
- The CloWM platform should provide the NFDI Infra Proxy as login/registration option to users from other consortia where LS LOGIN is not so widely used as in the life sciences. This will open the platform to a broader community
- We expect that the results of this incubator will further open the CloWM platform to the whole NFDI community. Since CloWM is completely open source (Apache 2.0 license), the implemented login provider using the NFDI Infra Proxy might also be used as an open, blueprint implementation for other web-based services in the future
Results
Partners & entities
- Partner publications: 0
Notes
This report maps to row iam-opening-the-cloud-based-workflow-manager-clowm-to-the-whole-nfdi in the NocoDB dashboard table.