Deploying Fair Data Point in myDRE

Deploying Fair Data Point in myDRE

The Fair Data Point (FDP) is a metadata repository that allows you to expose and manage metadata following the FAIR principles. Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. By integrating FDP within a myDRE workspace, researchers can publish data descriptions in a standardized way, paving the path for more transparent, reusable, and linked research data.

This article walks you through deploying FDP in your myDRE workspace using one Linux and one Windows virtual machine (VM), and outlines the steps to start creating FAIR data catalogs right away.

Requirements

To run FDP in myDRE, you need:
  • One Linux VM (to host FDP)
  • One Windows VM (for browser-based access and testing)




Workspace Configuration

  1. Deploy 2 VMs in the same workspace:
    1. 1 Linux VM
    2. 1 Windows VM

  2. Enable Proxy and allowlist the following domains in your workspace settings:
    1. packages.microsoft.com
    2. docker.io
    3. docker.com
    4. azure.archive.ubuntu.com
    5. packages.microsoft.comdocker.com (ensure this typo is not intentional—may need correction)






Upload Required Files

Upload the following configuration and script files to your workspace that can be found in repo AmsterdamUMC/FDP_AMS and as per FDP in Local Deployment:
  • application.yml
  • docker-compose.yml
  • fdp-reset.sh
  • fdp


Set Up the Linux VM

Install Docker using the Install Docker on Ubuntu article.

After installing Docker:
  1. To list the currently running Docker containers run: sudo docker ps
  2. If you want to list all containers, including those that have exited or failed run: sudo docker ps -a
  3. Changes directory to where your deployment files are stored because Docker Compose needs to run inside the directory where docker-compose.yml is located: cd /home/mnt/data
  4. To launch the full FDP system — database, backend, frontend — all at once, run: sudo docker compose up -d



Set Up the Windows VM

  1. Turn off proxy settings temporarily.
  2. Use IP-Allowlisting to access the Linux VM on the Windows VM:
    1. Name: Linux
    2. IP Address: 10.x.xx.xxx (replace with actual Linux VM IP)
    3. Port: 8080
    4. Reason: Linux VM for testing FDP
    5. Enable the IP


Once allowed, you can access the Fair Data Point UI in a browser on the Windows VM using:


There are two default use accounts.



You now have a working instance of Fair Data Point in your myDRE workspace. You can start creating:
  • Catalogs
  • Datasets
  • Distributions
All using the FAIR metadata standards. This makes your datasets more discoverable and aligned with modern data stewardship practices.

For extra info please follow up on Replicating FDP for Amsterdam UMC in myDRE environment.

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