Run a real-world bioinformatics application in a docker container
### Running velvet from the bioboxes repository ###
This example is heavily abridged from the [bioboxes.org](https://bioboxes.org/) tutorial, at [http://bioboxes.org/docs/using-a-biobox/](http://bioboxes.org/docs/using-a-biobox/). Please refer to that tutorial for full details.
This example is heavily abridged from the [bioboxes.org](http://bioboxes.org/) tutorial, at [http://bioboxes.org/docs/using-a-biobox/](http://bioboxes.org/docs/using-a-biobox/). Please refer to that tutorial for full details.
I've included the **biobox.yaml** file and the input reads directly in this repository, for convenience. You only need **cd** into the **bioboxes** directory, check you have everything, and invoke **docker run** appropriately.
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# Clone this documentation if you haven't already done so
[bioboxes.org](https://bioboxes.org/) is a really well-organized site, with excellent documentation, and is well worth exploring.
[bioboxes.org](http://bioboxes.org/) is a really well-organized site, with excellent documentation, and is well worth exploring.
### Conclusion ###
There are a lot of bioinformatics applications already wrapped up in container images. Bioboxes isn't the only site that provides them, but it's an extremely good one.
