Installing ArchivesSpace on Alpine Linux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ArchivesSpace on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access to the server

Step 1: Installing Required Dependencies

ArchivesSpace requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be installed on Alpine Linux Latest.

To start the process, run the following command:

apk update && apk add openjdk11-jdk mariadb mariadb-client

This command will update the package repository on the Alpine Linux Latest instance and install the OpenJDK 11, Mariadb, and Mariadb-client packages.

Step 2: Setting up MariaDB

ArchivesSpace requires a database to store its data. We will use MariaDB as our database server.

To set up MariaDB, run the following command:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql

This command will create the initial database files and directories.

Next, start the MariaDB service by running the following command:

rc-service mariadb start

Once the MariaDB service is started, you need to create a user and a database for ArchivesSpace. Run the following commands to create a new user and database:

mysql -u root -p

After logging in to the MariaDB shell, run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE archivesspace CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON archivesspace.* TO 'archivesspace'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace [password] with a strong password for the archivesspace user.

Exit the MariaDB shell by running the following command:

exit

Step 3: Downloading ArchivesSpace

To download ArchivesSpace, run the following command:

wget https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/download/3.0.1/archivesspace-v3.0.1.zip

This will download the latest version of ArchivesSpace into the current directory.

Step 4: Extracting the ArchivesSpace Package

After downloading ArchivesSpace, extract the package by running the following command:

unzip archivesspace-v3.0.1.zip

This command will create a new directory called archivesspace.

Step 5: Creating ArchivesSpace Configuration File

The next step is to create a configuration file for ArchivesSpace.

Go to the archivesspace/config directory and copy the config-example.rb file to config.rb:

cd archivesspace/config
cp config-example.rb config.rb

Open the config.rb file with your preferred text editor and set the following configuration options:

AppConfig[:backend_url] = "mysql2://archivesspace:[password]@localhost/archivesspace?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8"
AppConfig[:public_url] = "http://localhost:8080"

... other settings ...

AppConfig[:plugins] = ['local']

Replace [password] with the password you set for the archivesspace database user.

Step 6: Starting ArchivesSpace

To start ArchivesSpace, go to the archivesspace directory and run the following command:

./archivesspace.sh

This will start the ArchivesSpace web application.

After starting ArchivesSpace, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080. You should see the ArchivesSpace login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install ArchivesSpace on Alpine Linux Latest. With ArchivesSpace installed, you can use it to manage archival collections and serve them to researchers and patrons.

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