Azure Batch

The azurebatch executor runs pipeline tasks using Azure Batch, a managed compute service that runs containerized workloads in Azure. It submits each task as an Azure Batch job.

To enable this executor, set process.executor = 'azurebatch' in the nextflow.config file. You can launch the pipeline from a local machine or an Azure VM. Every pipeline process must specify a Docker image using the container directive. The pipeline work directory must be located in an Azure Blob Storage container.

Use the following process directives to control resource requests and other job characteristics:

• container
• containerOptions
• cpus
• disk
• machineType
• memory
• queue
• resourcelabels
• time

See Azure Batch for more information.