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It is highly recommended to use an encrypted connection (i.e. SSL/HTTPS) for accessing set Data Entry Trigger.
Central Server Spec
For RADAR-CNS we are using Redcap version 7.4.10 (the current LTS)
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- Ubuntu 16.04 server (VM)
- 2 cpu, 4GB RAM
- 40GB boot
- 100GB redcap-data disk
- Install LAMP stack
- Mysql on same server
- Data on the data volume
Server (L)AMP Config
PHP, APACHE
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- Acmetool is apparently the prefered agent these days
RedCap Installation
- Copy installation folder to /
- Install some php modules
- apt-cache search php- | less
- apt-get install php-curl, php-xml, php-zip, php-gd, php-mbstring ...etc see config check for full set (requires apache restart before modules are available)
- IMPORTANT
- Once everything is installed and email smtp setup create a new user then elevate them to the administrator privileged, if you don't do this and you enable "Table Based Authentication" you will be locked out of your installation!!!, you won't be able to create a password until you enable Table Based Authentication but you must already have created the user and have received the password update link.
Post Installation
- Setup a special user that is used by the RADAR platform to handle integration between the REDCap and the RADAR Management Portal.
- Username: "radarintegration" user permissions (see below)
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The radar platform admins will create a new project for you in the Management Portal that is linked to to your Redcap Project, when you create users in Redcap and save any form the corresponding user will be created in the Management Portal.
SMTP config
- Postfix through satellite gmail server
- Following this one ** https://devops.profitbricks.com/tutorials/configure-a-postfix-relay-through-gmail-on-ubuntu/
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-google-s-smtp-server
- N/a basic postfix config not with gmail (more likely emails will be flagged as spam) https://ihlchip.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MYSCILHS/pages/3932163/Configuring+Mail+server+to+use+with+a+REDCap+VM
- Postfix config:
- Mail Config: Satellite system
- Mail domain name e.g.: radar-redcap.rosalind.kcl.ac.uk [[substitute yours]]
- SMTP relay host:: smtp.gmail.com
Further Configuration
Users
- It is possible to allocate a manager for the project who can create new users
- It is probably worth setting up Regular User and Admin roles for each the project
Project
- We are going to use the naming scheme
- RADAR-Disorder-PartnerSite-StudyNumber
- e.g. RADAR-MDD-KCL-s1 for KCL's Depression Study 1
Appendix
REDCap From Email Address and No-Reply Email Address
Do you have the no-reply email in the "Set a universal 'FROM' email address for *all* emails sent from REDCap" option on the General Configuration page in the Control Center? If so, then "all" emails will show that they were sent from that email address.
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