Administration

VADRR has an Admin user type with system-wide privileges. Admin accounts are created directly in the database or by an existing admin.

Admin Capabilities

Capability	Description
User management	Create, edit, and deactivate user accounts; assign user types (Admin, Member)
Publication approval	Review and approve (or reject) project and SR360 publication requests
Sidekiq monitoring	View and manage background job queues at /sidekiq
Search analytics	Review search query analytics via Searchjoy at /searchjoy
All projects	Admins can access any project regardless of membership

Approving Publications

1. Log in as an Admin.
2. Go to Published → Pending Approvals (or navigate to /publishings).
3. Review the pending submission.
4. Click Approve to publish or Reject with a note to the submitter.

Managing Users

Admins can create new user accounts:

1. Navigate to Admin → Users (or /admin/users if available).
2. Click New User.
3. Fill in the email, username, and initial password.
4. Assign the user type (Member or Admin).
5. Save.

note

Regular users self-register via the registration page. Admin-created accounts bypass the email confirmation step.

Sidekiq Queue Monitoring

Background jobs (imports, exports, PRISMA generation, ML training) run via Sidekiq. Access the Sidekiq web UI at /sidekiq (admin only):

• View active, scheduled, and failed jobs
• Retry failed jobs
• Clear dead jobs

Health Check

VADRR exposes a health check endpoint for monitoring:

GET /up

Returns HTTP 200 if the application is running correctly.