Uploading to Pennsieve Locally

Shared with the CNT

This procedure runs on infrastructure the lab and the CNT operate together. The CNT manual keeps its own copy; changes to the shared steps are agreed with the CNT.

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What this page tells you

To upload de-identified data from your laptop: run 'pennsieve agent' and 'pennsieve whoami', copy the dataset node ID (N:...) from the dataset overview, run 'pennsieve dataset use ', 'pennsieve manifest create ', then 'pennsieve upload manifest ' and confirm the files appear.

How to upload to Pennsieve from your local computer

1. Open a terminal and run pennsieve agent.
2. Run pennsieve whoami.
   • Make sure it outputs your profile.
3. Connect to the dataset:
   • Open the Pennsieve dataset you want to upload to.
   • Go to 'Overview'.
   • At the top, above 'Open Dashboard', copy the dataset node ID.
   • It looks like N:xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
4. Back in your terminal, run pennsieve dataset use followed by the node ID you copied, and press Enter.
   • It should output the dataset you want as the 'Active dataset', with the correct information.
5. Create a manifest: run pennsieve manifest create followed by the path to the local folder where the data is, and press Enter.
   • This creates a manifest ID for the data you want to upload.
6. Upload the data: run pennsieve upload manifest followed by the manifest ID.
   • If done correctly, it outputs 'Upload initiated for manifest #' and subscribes you to updates for that upload.
   • Once the data is uploaded, it says 100.0% and unsubscribes client ID #.
7. Go back to Pennsieve and check the 'Files' of the workspace to make sure all the correct files were uploaded.