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Create an automated freezer provider. The provider serves as a list of settings required to connect to the Strata freezer for placing the retrieve request, and process store and /retrieve notifications from Strata. A sample configuration is shown in the screenshot below:
username and password are authentication credentials required for connecting to Strata to retrieve specimens etc
system_id identifies the physical Strata freezer
url encompasses everything leading up to the web service endpoint of the Strata APIs (i.e., all components before /ws)
Providers can be created by navigating to Home --> Extras --> Automated Freezer --> New Provider
The newly created provider needs to be subsequently used in the dimensionless storage container that represents Strata freezer within OpenSpecimen. Refer to the illustration below:
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