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Deployment

The deployment can be divided into two parts:

Download

REDCap PHP plugin: Click on this link to download the REDCap PHP plugin.
OpenSpecimen-REDCap Plugin: To download the OpenSpecimen-REDCap plugin, please contact Krishagni.

Installation of these plugins to the remote server helps in sharing data or information across datasets. There are two parts to this process:

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Log in to the REDCap server and navigate to the REDCap install directory containing the file redcap_connect.php and database.php files.

Following are example commands executed in our dev environment.

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$ cd /home/var-www/html/redcap/
$ ls database.php redcap_connect.php
database.php  redcap_connect.php

Create a new 'plugins' directory if not present.
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$ mkdir -p plugins
Download the PHP plugin and copy it to the plugins directory.
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$ cp $RC_OS_PLUGIN/openspecimen_plugin.php plugins
To ensure that the plugins are correctly installed, you can invoke the following API using the HTTP client program of choice.

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Please contact your REDCap system admin for these steps. There might be slight differences based on the REDCap version, operating system, etc.

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Exact the JAR file from your downloaded zip file.
Login to your OpenSpecimen server and navigate to the plugins directory.
Remove older copy of the REDCap-OpenSpecimen plugin (if any) and copy the current version.
Restart the server.

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