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# nf-core/configs: Google Cloud Life Sciences Configuration
To be used with the `google` profile by specifying the `-profile google` when running nf-core pipelines.
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## Quick Start
```
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=< your_key > .json
NXF_MODE=google
nextflow run nf-core/rnaseq -profile google,test --google_bucket < gs: / / your_bucket / work >
```
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### Required Parameters
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#### `--google-bucket`
The Google Cloud Storage bucket location to be used as a Nextflow work directory. Can also be specified with (`-w gs://your_bucket/work`).
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### Optional Parameters
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#### `--google-zone`
The Google zone where the computation is executed in Compute Engine VMs. Multiple zones can be provided separating them by a comma. Default (`europe-west2-c`).
#### `--google-preemptible`
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Enables the usage of preemptible virtual machines with a retry error statergy for up to 5 retries. Default (`true`).
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#### `--google-debug`
Copies the /google debug directory from the VM to the task bucket directory. Useful for debugging. Default (`false`).
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## Cloud Life Sciences Setup
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Please refer to the [Google Cloud ](https://cloud.google.com/life-sciences/docs/tutorials/nextflow ) and [Nextflow ](https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/google.html#cloud-life-sciences ) documentation which describe how to setup the Google Cloud environment.
