Installing Samvera Hyrax on Fedora Server Latest

Samvera Hyrax is a Ruby on Rails-based digital repository system used by many academic, cultural, and scientific institutions worldwide. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Samvera Hyrax on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, you should ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• Fedora Server Latest installed on your machine with root access.
• Ruby 2.5+ and Rails 5+ installed.
• Git version control software installed.
• PostgreSQL 9.4+ installed and running.
• Redis installed and running.

Step 1: Clone the Samvera Hyrax repository

First, clone the Samvera Hyrax repository from the GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/samvera/hyrax.git

Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the Hyrax directory:

$ cd hyrax

Step 2: Install dependencies

Next, install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

$ bundle install --deployment --without development test

Step 3: Configure the database

Configure the database by creating a configuration file:

$ cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

Then, modify the configuration file to suit your PostgreSQL database:

$ nano config/database.yml

Step 4: Setup the database

Create the database and run the migrations by running the following commands:

$ rake db:create
$ rake db:migrate

Step 5: Start the application

Finally, start the Samvera Hyrax application:

$ rails server

And in another terminal:

$ bundle exec sidekiq

You can access the application at http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Samvera Hyrax on Fedora Server Latest.