Studios

Studios provides interactive analysis environments within Seqera Platform. Deploy Studios after your Platform installation is complete.

Deployment options

Method	Guide
Helm	Studios: Helm
Kubernetes	Studios: Kubernetes
Docker Compose	Studios: Docker Compose

See each deployment guide for detailed requirements.

Prerequisites

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Before you begin, you need:

• A running Seqera Platform Enterprise deployment at hostname example.com or platform.example.com
• A Redis 7 instance separate from the one used by Seqera Platform
• TLS certificates for the Studios subdomains *.connect.example.com
  • A single certificate covering both Platform and Studios subdomains can be used; if preferring to use separate certificates, you may need to configure a separate ingress when working with plain Kubernetes manifests (the Studios Helm chart already uses separate ingresses)
  • The Studios subdomain must share the same "root domain" with the Platform installation, for example with Platform installed at example.com or platform.example.com, Studios can be installed at:
    • connect.example.com or using another name such as studios.example.com
    • connect.platform.example.com
    • connect.another.subdomain.example.com
• A wildcard DNS record covering the Studios subdomains, e.g., *.connect.example.com
• Data Explorer enabled in your Seqera Platform instance (automatic with Helm deployments)

Connect environment variables

These are the environment variables used to configure the components of Connect.

Environment variable	Default	Required	Used by	Description
CONNECT_REDIS_ADDRESS	redis:6379	yes	server,proxy	The address of the Redis server. Default applies to the server; the proxy requires it explicitly.
CONNECT_REDIS_USER		no	server,proxy	The username to authenticate with Redis.
CONNECT_REDIS_PASSWORD		no	server,proxy	The password to authenticate with Redis.
CONNECT_REDIS_DB	0	no	server,proxy	The Redis database to use.
CONNECT_REDIS_PREFIX	connect:session	no	server,proxy	A prefix to use for tunnel keys in Redis.
CONNECT_REDIS_TLS_ENABLE	false	no	server,proxy	Enable TLS connection.
CONNECT_REDIS_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY	false	no	server,proxy	Sets the insecure skip verify TLS option.
CONNECT_REDIS_TLS_KEY_FILE		no	server,proxy	The path to a certificate key file for TLS connection.
CONNECT_REDIS_TLS_CERT_FILE		no	server,proxy	The path to a certificate file for TLS connection.
CONNECT_LISTENER_PORT	7777	no	server	The port where the server listens for connections.
CONNECT_TUNNEL_PORT	7070	no	server	The port to open a new tunnel.
CONNECT_MANAGEMENT_PORT		no	server,proxy	The port where the server listens for metrics, readiness, and shutdown.
CONNECT_MANAGEMENT_AUTH_KEY		no	server	Auth key protecting the management service endpoints.
CONNECT_HOST_DOMAIN		no	server	The host domain suffix for the server.
CONNECT_HTTP_PORT	80	no	proxy	The port where the proxy listens for incoming connections.
CONNECT_PROXY_URL		yes	proxy	The base domain name of Connect.
CONNECT_TUNNEL_URL		yes	proxy	The address of the connect server. Format: <service-name>:<port>.
PLATFORM_URL		yes	proxy	The base URL of Seqera Platform.
CONNECT_STORAGE_ROOT	/data	no	proxy	The root directory to store the proxy data.
CONNECT_LOG_LEVEL	INFO	no	server,proxy	Log level for the server and proxy.
CONNECT_CLIENT_NAME	tower-connect-proxy-client	no	proxy	OIDC client name used by the proxy's Studio provider.
CONNECT_GRANT_TYPE	authorization_code	no	proxy	OAuth grant type used by the proxy's Studio provider.
CONNECT_OIDC_CLIENT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN		no	proxy	OIDC initial access token used by the proxy.
LOCAL_CACHE_TTL	2m	no	proxy	TTL for the proxy's local session cache before syncing with redis.
CONNECT_SSH_ENABLED	false	no	proxy	Enable the SSH proxy server.
CONNECT_SSH_ADDR	:2222	no	proxy	The address the SSH proxy server listens on.
CONNECT_SSH_KEY_PATH		no	proxy	Path to SSH host key file. Takes precedence over CONNECT_SSH_KEY_VALUE_BASE64 when set.
CONNECT_SSH_KEY_VALUE_BASE64		no	proxy	Base64-encoded PEM SSH host key. Used as fallback when CONNECT_SSH_KEY_PATH is not set.
CONNECT_SSH_MAX_CONNECTIONS	2000	no	proxy	Max number of concurrent ssh connections that the server will handle before start rejecting them.
CONNECT_SSH_MAX_CONN_CHANNELS	30	no	proxy	Max number of concurrent channels that a client can open per connection.
CONNECT_SSH_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT	1m	no	proxy	SSH handshake timeout.

DNS configuration

Each Studio is reachable at a unique URL that includes a randomly generated subdomain name. For example: https://abcd.connect.example.com/, where connect.example.com is the Studios service domain.

Provide a wildcard TLS certificate to allow for uniquely generated subdomains. A wildcard certificate common name includes *. in the domain name, such as *.connect.example.com, thereby securing any subdomain name at this level.

Studios uses the following set of domains and subdomains:

• The Platform domain that you set for TOWER_SERVER_URL, such as example.com.
• A wildcard subdomain that you must configure specifically for Studios. This wildcard subdomain is the parent for each unique session URL, such as abcd.connect.example.com.
• The connection proxy, defined by CONNECT_PROXY_URL. This URL is a first-level subdomain of your TOWER_SERVER_URL. For example, https://connect.example.com.

Studios workspace availability

You can configure which organizational workspaces have access to Studios by setting the TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ALLOWED_WORKSPACES environment variable on the backend containers. By default, all workspaces have access to Studios. To restrict access to specific workspaces, set TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ALLOWED_WORKSPACES to a comma-separated list of workspace names. For example, TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ALLOWED_WORKSPACES="12345,67890" allows only the workspaces named 12345 and 67890 to access Studios. To disable access to Studios for all workspaces, set TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ALLOWED_WORKSPACES="" (an empty string).

Available Studios environment images

Each of the provided environments includes a particular version of the underlying software package and the version of Seqera Connect, an integrated web- and file-server.

To quickly identify which version of the software an image includes, the version string for each container is in the form of <software_version>-<seqera_connect_version>. For example, if the version string for the R-IDE is 2025.04.1-0.12, version 2025.04.01 is the R-IDE version and 0.12 is the Connect version of this Seqera-built container image. Learn more about Studios environment versioning.

• To see the list of all JupyterLab image templates available, including security scan results or to inspect the container specification (including container specifications, configuration, and manifest), see public.cr.seqera.io/repo/platform/data-studio-jupyter.
• To see the list of all R-IDE image templates available, including security scan results or to inspect the container specification (including container specifications, configuration, and manifest), see https://public.cr.seqera.io/repo/platform/data-studio-ride.
• To see the list of all Visual Studio Code image templates available, including security scan results or to inspect the container specification (including container specifications, configuration, and manifest), see public.cr.seqera.io/platform/data-studio-vscode.
• To see the list of all Xpra image templates available, including security scan results or to inspect the container specification (including container specifications, configuration, and manifest), see public.cr.seqera.io/repo/platform/data-studio-xpra.

Path-based routing configuration

If your Enterprise deployment requires non-wildcard SSL certificates, enable path-based routing for Studios. This changes the dynamic subdomain used for each Studios session to a fixed subdomain with path-based routing.

• When TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ENABLE_PATH_ROUTING is omitted, empty, or false, the Studios session URLs use unique subdomains:

  • https://a1234abc.connect.cloud.seqera.io/
  • https://a5678abcd.connect.cloud.seqera.io/

• When TOWER_DATA_STUDIO_ENABLE_PATH_ROUTING=true, the Studios session URLs use path-based routing:

  • https://connect.connect.cloud.seqera.io/_studio/a1234abc
  • https://connect.connect.cloud.seqera.io/_studio/a5678abcd

Path-based routing is only available from Seqera Platform version 25.2 and the latest Connect server and clients. It is supported for Visual Studio Code, JupyterLab, and R-IDE container template images. It is not supported for the Xpra container template image.