RD-Nexus for Level 2 onboarding

Enabling Level 2 via RD-Nexus, powered by Café Variome, involves a sequence of guided steps, to ensuring the integration aligns with the Virtual Platform’s standards:

  1. Meet System Requirements and Repository Cloning: This solution can be built upon a standard LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) server conforming to system prerequisites [link] and cloning the RD-Nexus repository [link] to initiate the installation process. Alternatively, you can administer an installation hosted at the University of Leicester (prior to local transfer, or longer term).

  2. Installation Validation: Carefully review the installation checklist [link] to ensure every aspect is met for a seamless installation [link] process.

  3. Configuration and Setup: Configure your RD-Nexus installation (with available assistance) by uploading the pertinent data and completing minimal setup [link] required for data discovery. This encompasses tasks like safe/obfuscated data uploading, associating data sources with the discoverable network, and generating Elasticsearch, Neo4j, and UI indexes. Admin interfaces & functions are provided for all these steps.

  4. Filtering Terms Mapping: Provide a list of terms that your resource will support. This can encompass terms from the catalogs endpoint, individuals endpoint, or a combination of both. This step involves editing a provided template for filtering terms [link] and mapping dataset term names to the corresponding filtering terms.

  5. Integration Finalization: Once the setup is concluded, furnish the base URL of your catalogs or individuals endpoint(s) to the onboarding team. This inclusion in the VP-Portal ensures your resource’s visibility and discoverability within the platform.