Snakemake Executor Plugin: PanDA

A Snakemake executor plugin for submitting jobs to the PanDA (Production and Distributed Analysis) workload management system.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install snakemake-executor-plugin-panda

Usage

To run Snakemake with the PanDA executor:

snakemake --executor panda

Configuration

The plugin supports the following settings:

Setting	Description	Default
pre_script	Shell commands to run before the Snakemake payload on the worker node	Initializes the EIC environment from CVMFS

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
PANDA_VO	Virtual organization	wlcg
PANDA_SITE	PanDA site for job submission	BNL_PanDA_1
PANDA_AUTH_VO	Working group for authentication	wlcg

Requirements

• Python >= 3.11
• A valid PanDA client configuration (pandaclient)
• Access to a PanDA instance and appropriate grid credentials

Documentation

For more details, see the Snakemake Plugin Catalog.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE.md file for details.