Collective Access is a comprehensive cataloging and management system for museums, archives, and digital collections. In this tutorial, we will look at how to install Collective Access - Providence on Alpine Linux Latest.
Let's start by updating the package repository of our Alpine Linux server. To do that, run the following command:
sudo apk update
Next, we need to install some required packages. Run the following command:
sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 php7-mysqli php7-gd php7-simplexml php7-zip php7-dom php7-curl php7-xml php7-pdo_mysql php7-sockets php7-posix php7-json git wget
This command will install the Apache web server, PHP with all the required extensions, the git version control system, and wget.
We will use git to clone the latest Collective Access - Providence repository from GitHub. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence.git
Once downloaded, move the project files to the Apache web root directory:
sudo mv providence /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
Next, we need to set the correct file permissions for the project files:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence
We need to configure the Apache web server for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command to open the Apache configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
In the file, find the following lines:
#LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Remove the "#" signs from the beginning of these two lines to enable them:
LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command to create a new file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/providence.conf
In the file, add the following content:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your_email@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence
ServerName your_domain_name.com
<Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/providence_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/providence_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "your_email@example.com" and "your_domain_name.com" with your email address and domain name respectively.
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to create a log directory for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command:
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/apache2
Finally, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo rc-service apache2 restart
If you have set up domain DNS or point domain name on the public IP address of the server, you can access your Collective Access - Providence installation by navigating to your server's public IP address in a web browser.
Otherwise, for test purposes, you can use your server's IP address followed by "/providence" in the web browser:
http://server-public-ip/providence/
You will see the Collective Access - Providence homepage.
We have successfully installed Collective Access - Providence on Alpine Linux Latest. You should now be able to manage and catalog your museum, archive, and digital collections using Collective Access - Providence.
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