make the default conditional for when there is no local job registration

common/data_refinery_common/test_utils.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_get_normalized_platform(self):
 
     def test_volume_index(self):
         """Test that supported RNASeq platforms setting is set correctly."""
-        self.assertEqual(utils.get_volume_index(), "-1")
+        self.assertEqual(utils.get_volume_index(), "0")
         with open('/tmp/VOLUME_INDEX', 'wb') as f:
             f.write("123".encode())
         self.assertEqual(utils.get_volume_index(path='/tmp/VOLUME_INDEX'), "123")

common/data_refinery_common/utils.py

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 SUPPORTED_MICROARRAY_PLATFORMS = None
 SUPPORTED_RNASEQ_PLATFORMS = None
 READABLE_PLATFORM_NAMES = None
+if settings.RUNNING_IN_CLOUD:
+    VOLUME_INDEX_DEFAULT = "-1"
+else:
+    VOLUME_INDEX_DEFAULT = "0"
 
 
 def get_env_variable(var_name: str, default: str=None) -> str:
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ def get_worker_id() -> str:
     return get_instance_id() + "/" + current_process().name
 
 
-def get_volume_index(default="-1", path='/home/user/data_store/VOLUME_INDEX') -> str:
+def get_volume_index(default=VOLUME_INDEX_DEFAULT, path='/home/user/data_store/VOLUME_INDEX') -> str:
     """ Reads the contents of the VOLUME_INDEX file, else returns default """
 
     try:

nomad_client.config

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ client {
   }
 
   meta {
-    volume_index = "-1"
+    volume_index = "0"
     is_smasher = "false"
   }
 }