Understanding CloudConductor

CloudConductor requires four input configuration files:

1. Pipeline graph - defines the analysis pipelines as the correct order of the bioinformatics tools
2. Resource kit - defines the locations of the tools and the required resources
3. Sample Sheet - defines the actual input data that needs to be analyzed
4. Platform - defines the configuration for the processing platform.

Every analysis will be defined by these four configuration files. In the following sections we will explain how to generate these files.