Who can participate?
The Beta Program is open to anyone who is interested in testing the deployment of the Hyku application and its functionality as a digital repository. You do not need to be an active Hydra developer or user to get involved and provide feedback. Organizations experienced with Hydra applications are also strongly encouraged to participate, too.
Why participate?
We can think of at least four reasons to participate in the Beta Program:
- It's fun to try out stuff for the first time
- It's fun to be among the first users of a new product
- You can help steer the direction of Hyku, because your feedback will be considered future product releases
- It's a community good: you can help make the product better for us all!
What is expected of participants?
Participants are expected to:
- Register your interest in participating in the Beta test
- Install Hyku via at least one of three methods:
- Use the Hyku application
- Contact the Hyku technical team along the way with questions, ideas, bug reports, and overall feedback.
When does the Beta Test take place?
The formal Hyku Beta test is planned for May 15-June 23, 2017.
What kind of technical support is available during the Beta Test?
The project team is available for questions throughout the test period. Check out the Communications and Support page for info about the various channels for contacting us, including the weekly virtual office hours. Since it is a Beta test, we expect to uncover bugs and holes in the documentation. The project team is looking forward to answer questions as they come up, but it is unlikely we will be able to address the issues immediately.
How is this related to DuraSpace's Hyku hosted service pilot?
What AWS resources are necessary to test Hyku in the cloud?
Here is what the Hydra-in-a-Box technical team is currently using for our instance of Hyku deployed in AWS. We offer this information as a reference point, not as a recipe or a recommendation.
What documentation is available?
Documentation for Hyku is a work in progress. More and more will be added to this wiki as we roll out the product in early-mid 2017. Here are links to existing documentation about Hyku and Hyrax that is useful and relevant in the meantime:
- Hyrax UI Workflow Descriptions - describes a variety of typical user workflows in Hyrax, the Rails engine underlying Hyku.
- Administrative Sets and Workflow in Hyrax - technical documentation about the definition and implementation of workflow and administrative sets