In addition to our production environment, we have a sandbox environment which we will use for targeted development and experimentation. The sandbox is a copy of our production environment, refreshed biannually.
Sandbox URL (requires credentials provided by system administrators, see below): https://princeton-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com
Sandbox development workflow (DRAFT):
- Proposal: Create a ticket proposing a development need on the alma-config repo (requires a GitHub account and inclusion into the PUL GitHub organization)
- Access: A system admin will deliver credentials with appropriate permissions
- Development: Experiment and test in the sandbox.
- Review: After the proposed changes have been made in the sandbox, the system admin group reviews them.
- Communication: Upcoming changes to production are communicated to affected stakeholders (e.g., periodic check-ins with departments and open issues on the alma-config repo).
- Implementation: System admins implement the change in production.