# Latest

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## [Welcome to REANA discussion forum!](https://forum.reana.io/t/welcome-to-reana-discussion-forum/7)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.reana.io/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [5 December 2019 13:23 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/welcome-to-reana-discussion-forum/7 "2019-12-05T13:23:47Z")

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Welcome to the discussion forum about the REANA reusable analysis platform and the reproducible research data analysis practices!

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## [How To Delete Local Users Once Switched To Keycloak](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-delete-local-users-once-switched-to-keycloak/106)

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**Author:** [@XaverS](https://forum.reana.io/u/XaverS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 August 2026 11:40 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-delete-local-users-once-switched-to-keycloak/106 "2026-08-25T11:40:16Z")

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As we have just switched to Keycloak, I am wondering whether we can delete the old local user accounts as they might overlap mail wise with future Keycloak logins and I am not sure whether that causes any issues.

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## [How To Make User Admin When Using Keycloak?](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-make-user-admin-when-using-keycloak/105)

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**Author:** [@XaverS](https://forum.reana.io/u/XaverS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [25 August 2026 11:39 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-make-user-admin-when-using-keycloak/105 "2026-08-25T11:39:04Z")

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Hey, we have now switched from local users and creation via cli to User Management via Keycloak and have deactivated local user login. However, this prevents me from logging in as an Admin right? Because the admin create…

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## [How to give user a password to login via web?](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-give-user-a-password-to-login-via-web/91)

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**Author:** [@XaverS](https://forum.reana.io/u/XaverS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2025 14:54 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-give-user-a-password-to-login-via-web/91 "2025-09-09T14:54:26Z")

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We can create users via kubectl exec -i -t deployment/reana-server -- flask reana-admin user-create --email john.doe@example.org --admin-access-token $REANA\_ACCESS\_TOKEN but this doesn’t create a password for them as far…

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## [REANA\_WORKSPACE and HTCondor](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-workspace-and-htcondor/85)

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**Author:** [@atanasi](https://forum.reana.io/u/atanasi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [27 May 2024 15:27 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-workspace-and-htcondor/85 "2024-05-27T15:27:16Z")

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Hi, When using the HTCondor backend, the directory /var/reana (and therefore $REANA\_WORKSPACE) doesn’t exist on the worker node. The job runs on a scratch directory /pool/condor/dir\_ whose value can be found in the envi…

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## [Rucio and HTCondor](https://forum.reana.io/t/rucio-and-htcondor/83)

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**Author:** [@atanasi](https://forum.reana.io/u/atanasi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [27 May 2024 12:27 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/rucio-and-htcondor/83 "2024-05-27T12:27:02Z")

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I was trying to run a workflow on CERN’s REANA installation using the HTCondor backend. The instructions for auto-config of Rucio in REANA shown at Rucio - Documentation only work with the Kubernetes backend, right?

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## [Using r2d for building environments](https://forum.reana.io/t/using-r2d-for-building-environments/77)

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**Author:** [@arnim](https://forum.reana.io/u/arnim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2024 17:43 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/using-r2d-for-building-environments/77 "2024-02-22T17:43:49Z")

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Hi there :wave: reana is awesome! I have probably a bit of a rookie Q, but is there any recommended way to use repo2docker to build my own env? Seen some discussion touching on this, but nothing specific … Any suggesti…

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## [HOME variable is not set](https://forum.reana.io/t/home-variable-is-not-set/78)

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**Author:** [@arm2arm](https://forum.reana.io/u/arm2arm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2024 17:36 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/home-variable-is-not-set/78 "2024-02-22T17:36:56Z")

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We are trying to build an custom enviroment. When we run on reana the HOME is set to / The CASA software is failing to run. Are there way to tell that HOME to set to REANA\_WORKSPACE? Here is the example of docker: #…

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## [Reana + cern gitlab questions](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-cern-gitlab-questions/80)

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**Author:** [@algomez](https://forum.reana.io/u/algomez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [22 February 2024 14:13 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-cern-gitlab-questions/80 "2024-02-22T14:13:25Z")

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Hi all I have a small workflow in reana that I want to make run from the cern gitlab repository of the code, and I have two questions: The code that my group is using is located in a gitlab group account. Each user h…

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## [Download files gives an error](https://forum.reana.io/t/download-files-gives-an-error/75)

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**Author:** [@eballabe](https://forum.reana.io/u/eballabe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [3 November 2023 13:37 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/download-files-gives-an-error/75 "2023-11-03T13:37:59Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to download a finished workflow: “reana-client download --workflow recast-399158\_N2C1\_WZ\_300\_0\_3L” gives ==\> ERROR: Workflow recast-399158\_N2C1\_WZ\_300\_0\_3L could not be retrieved: None is not of type ‘o…

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## [Download job logs](https://forum.reana.io/t/download-job-logs/74)

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**Author:** [@eballabe](https://forum.reana.io/u/eballabe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 October 2023 10:15 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/download-job-logs/74 "2023-10-23T10:15:52Z")

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Hello, How can I download the engine/job logs from a finished workspace using reana-client? I am able to see the logs in the reana web interface under the engine/job logs tabs, but I don’t get them in the Worksapce tab…

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## [Reana-client download all files](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-client-download-all-files/70)

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**Author:** [@eballabe](https://forum.reana.io/u/eballabe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [26 June 2023 08:48 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-client-download-all-files/70 "2023-06-26T08:48:01Z")

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See the issue in https://atlas-talk.web.cern.ch/t/download-files-from-reana-client/740/2

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## [Issues with sudo and privileges in workflow containers run on reana](https://forum.reana.io/t/issues-with-sudo-and-privileges-in-workflow-containers-run-on-reana/21)

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**Author:** [@damacdon](https://forum.reana.io/u/damacdon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 November 2022 15:17 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/issues-with-sudo-and-privileges-in-workflow-containers-run-on-reana/21 "2022-11-15T15:17:41Z")

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Trying to run the monojet workflow on reana, some of the issues I’ve run into is to do with sudo privileges and permissions. Sudo privileges When any command in the steps.yaml file tries to use sudo privileges, which wo…

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## [Gitlab token not working](https://forum.reana.io/t/gitlab-token-not-working/64)

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**Author:** [@hcai](https://forum.reana.io/u/hcai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2 November 2022 15:48 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/gitlab-token-not-working/64 "2022-11-02T15:48:12Z")

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Dear experts, We are using a custom c++ framework for our analysis, and I would like to clone the repository from git and compile on the fly. However, my gitlab token is somehow not recognized. remote: HTTP Basic: Acc…

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## [Snakemake workflows in Reana](https://forum.reana.io/t/snakemake-workflows-in-reana/60)

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**Author:** [@casschmitt](https://forum.reana.io/u/casschmitt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [21 September 2022 17:32 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/snakemake-workflows-in-reana/60 "2022-09-21T17:32:06Z")

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I am new to Reana and trying to run a simple snakemake workflow. Am I correct in assuming that Reana does not support the script: directive of snakemake? Therefore I am now using shell: directives to run a python script.…

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## [Unable to get the right enviroment inside the jupyter](https://forum.reana.io/t/unable-to-get-the-right-enviroment-inside-the-jupyter/62)

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**Author:** [@arm2arm](https://forum.reana.io/u/arm2arm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 September 2022 09:38 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/unable-to-get-the-right-enviroment-inside-the-jupyter/62 "2022-09-13T09:38:57Z")

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Hello, I am trying to run my first pipeline with self hosted reana cluster. The simple reana.yaml file is following: version: 0.3.0 inputs: parameters: shrepo: https://github.com/arm2arm/starhorse\_db.git workfl…

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## [Standalone reana-client executables for Linux systems](https://forum.reana.io/t/standalone-reana-client-executables-for-linux-systems/58)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2022 14:52 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/standalone-reana-client-executables-for-linux-systems/58 "2022-06-01T14:52:24Z")

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The usual way of creating, executing and managing REANA workflows is by means of the reana-client command-line tool. However, installing reana-client can be painful in certain situations, for example when it conflicts wi…

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## [Launching workflows from external sources using web interface](https://forum.reana.io/t/launching-workflows-from-external-sources-using-web-interface/57)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2022 12:27 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/launching-workflows-from-external-sources-using-web-interface/57 "2022-05-18T12:27:13Z")

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If you host your analysis workflows on publicly accessible external sources such as source code repositories (GitHub, GitLab), digital repositories (Zenodo), or simply other locations on the web (generic URL), it is now …

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## [REANA 0.8.1 is released](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-8-1-is-released/52)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2022 11:12 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-8-1-is-released/52 "2022-02-16T11:12:15Z")

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We are glad to announce the release of REANA 0.8.1! REANA 0.8.1 is a minor update that allows users to set job timeout limits, improves workspace web page file name filtering, allows displaying workspace HTML reports di…

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## [Using the output of previous multistep-stage in next step](https://forum.reana.io/t/using-the-output-of-previous-multistep-stage-in-next-step/40)

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**Author:** [@algomez](https://forum.reana.io/u/algomez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 January 2022 17:36 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/using-the-output-of-previous-multistep-stage-in-next-step/40 "2022-01-07T17:36:48Z")

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Hi all I am having problems using the output of one step into the next step. I am using yadage and this is my reana.yml: version: 0.7.2 inputs: directories: - AOD2NanoAOD/data files: - scripts/s…

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## [Reana voms error](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-voms-error/49)

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**Author:** [@zhangr](https://forum.reana.io/u/zhangr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 December 2021 23:37 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-voms-error/49 "2021-12-05T23:37:19Z")

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Dear developers, I have encountered some error with voms proxy on REANA. I followed the instruction from the REANA documentation. I made it work earlier this week this task (step 1). However, now I cannot reproduce the…

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## [REANA 0.8.0 is released](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-8-0-is-released/50)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 December 2021 09:16 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-8-0-is-released/50 "2021-12-02T09:16:06Z")

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We are glad to announce the release of REANA 0.8.0! The new release series brings exciting new features such as support for running Snakemake workflows, improves cluster performance when runinng hundreds of concurrent w…

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## [How to create a Reana website?](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-create-a-reana-website/47)

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**Author:** [@Trophime](https://forum.reana.io/u/Trophime)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 November 2021 14:48 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/how-to-create-a-reana-website/47 "2021-11-18T14:48:06Z")

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Hi, I’m a research engineer from the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnetiques Intenses. I’m interested in testing reana for performing more easily calculations for our magnets. In the doc, there is a mention of a …

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## [REANA 0.7.4 is released](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-7-4-is-released/44)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 July 2021 17:36 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-7-4-is-released/44 "2021-07-07T17:36:58Z")

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We are glad to announce the release of REANA 0.7.4, a minor update allowing users and cluster administrators to specify memory limits for workflow jobs running on the Kubernetes compute backend platform. The release also…

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## [REANA 0.7.3 is released](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-7-3-is-released/43)

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**Author:** [@tiborsimko](https://forum.reana.io/u/tiborsimko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 July 2021 17:35 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/reana-0-7-3-is-released/43 "2021-07-07T17:35:40Z")

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We are happy to announce REANA 0.7.3 release! This minor bug fix release adds new reana-client validation features for workflow input parameters and environment images, improves cluster resilience in case of job failures…

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## [Understanding and debugging 'OOMKilled'](https://forum.reana.io/t/understanding-and-debugging-oomkilled/42)

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**Author:** [@ysmirnov](https://forum.reana.io/u/ysmirnov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 April 2021 17:18 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/understanding-and-debugging-oomkilled/42 "2021-04-13T17:18:35Z")

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Hi all, in my workflow I am computing the limits by throwing toys with root -l -b -q StandardHypoTestInvDemo.C \> /dev/null . I noticed that when I set the number of toys in this macro to 500, the job runs fine and pro…

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## [Validation does not fail when a parameter is used in two stages but is defined in the first one and is not defined in the second one](https://forum.reana.io/t/validation-does-not-fail-when-a-parameter-is-used-in-two-stages-but-is-defined-in-the-first-one-and-is-not-defined-in-the-second-one/41)

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**Author:** [@ysmirnov](https://forum.reana.io/u/ysmirnov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [7 April 2021 13:44 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/validation-does-not-fail-when-a-parameter-is-used-in-two-stages-but-is-defined-in-the-first-one-and-is-not-defined-in-the-second-one/41 "2021-04-07T13:44:03Z")

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Hi, suppose I define a parameter in reana.yaml: parameters: myPar: 900 and use it in the first stage of my workflow.yaml: parameters: myPar: {step: init, output: myPar} Now, when I moved to the s…

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## [Accessing EOS from REANA](https://forum.reana.io/t/accessing-eos-from-reana/25)

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**Author:** [@broberts](https://forum.reana.io/u/broberts)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [3 April 2021 13:38 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/accessing-eos-from-reana/25 "2021-04-03T13:38:52Z")

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I’m currently trying to understand how to access EOS files in reana and running into issues. I followed the instructions here http://docs.reana.io/advanced-usage/storage-backends/eos/ but don’t seem to be able to get it…

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## [Pull access denied for ..., repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'](https://forum.reana.io/t/pull-access-denied-for-repository-does-not-exist-or-may-require-docker-login/39)

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**Author:** [@ysmirnov](https://forum.reana.io/u/ysmirnov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [1 April 2021 11:18 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/pull-access-denied-for-repository-does-not-exist-or-may-require-docker-login/39 "2021-04-01T11:18:47Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to run a job on my Docker image, and have the following in my workflow.yaml (among other things): environment: environment\_type: docker-encapsulated image: gitlab-registry.cer…

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## [Failed to try resolving symlinks](https://forum.reana.io/t/failed-to-try-resolving-symlinks/35)

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**Author:** [@msaimper](https://forum.reana.io/u/msaimper)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [31 March 2021 10:23 UTC](https://forum.reana.io/t/failed-to-try-resolving-symlinks/35 "2021-03-31T10:23:46Z")

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Dear experts, I have a heavy ntuple production that I split into many steps with different option (group systematic 1, group systematic 2, etc). Originally this was to be able to use parallelization on a cluster, and I …

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