Samvera Tech Call 2026-07-08

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Time: 9:00am PT / Noon ET
Zoom Meeting URL: https://iu.zoom.us/j/87635137325?pwd=YhVGftEpANzAwgk84swAyF53edj31x.1
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Moderator: @Heather Greer Klein
Notetaker: @LaRita Robinson

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Community sprint poll for additional community sprints in 2026
(@Max Kadel ) nginx reverse proxy helm chart - can we make it more turnkey while being sufficiently generic?

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Max: nginx reverse proxies weren’t doing much - weren’t in rails nginx image, didn’t have access. Added new layers, copying in precompiled assets & making sure it had the right volumes mounted. Wondering about offering it back. Rob said commented things should not be the part that does the assets, but hadn’t thought about the two assets things being combined… it is right to think about both types being relevant and should work the same way. Perhaps there is a simplification we can make. https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/blob/14fdd67ec026811d7051639218a06ac14d88e4b1/chart/hyrax/values.yaml#L290 Not sure who uses the helm charts and what implications. Can put up a PR and ask for community input. Iiif permissions proxy stuff may make this more relevant as well. Share input with @Max Kadel if you have feedback.
Rob will be working on Nurax DNS today so it may be a bit unsettled for the next 24 hours.
Next week:
1. moderator: @Rob Kaufman
2. notetaker: @Chris Colvard
Hyrax 5.3 release status: Rob thinks he has the right permissions in Rubygems but hasn’t gotten that far along. Walking through steps of the release process and is making notes where corrections need to be made.
PRs needing review: #7523 has no comments yet.