How to Install Collective Access - Providence on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Collective Access - Providence is an open-source, web-based software program used to manage and publish digital collections. It is used by museums, archives, and libraries to manage their collection databases. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Collective Access - Providence on Fedora CoreOS latest.

Step 1: Install and Update Docker

The first step is to install and update Docker on your Fedora CoreOS latest. Docker is a containerization platform that allows you to run software in containers.

1. Open the terminal on your Fedora CoreOS latest.

2. Update the package list by running the following command:

   sudo dnf update
   

3. Install Docker using the following command:

   sudo dnf install docker
   

4. Start the Docker service using the following command:

   sudo systemctl start docker
   

5. Enable Docker service to start at boot time:

   sudo systemctl enable docker
   

6. Verify the installation by running the following command:

   docker --version
   

   You should see the Docker version installed on your system.

Step 2: Pull the Collective Access - Providence Image

The next step is to pull the Collective Access - Providence Docker image from Docker Hub.

1. Open the terminal on your Fedora CoreOS latest.

2. Pull the Collective Access - Providence Docker image using the following command:

   docker pull collectiveaccess/providence
   

3. Verify the image was pulled successfully:

   docker images
   

   You should see the collectiveaccess/providence image listed.

Step 3: Create a Docker container

The final step is to create a Docker container from the Collective Access - Providence image.

1. Open the terminal on your Fedora CoreOS latest.

2. Create a data volume container used to store the data externally in case an upgrade needs to be done in the future using the following command (replace MY_VOLUME with the desired volume name):

   docker create -v /var/www/html/ -v /var/providence/ --name MY_VOLUME collectiveaccess/providence /bin/true
   

3. Create a new Docker container from the Collective Access - Providence image using the following command: (replace MY_PROV with the desired container name)

   docker run -d -p 80:80 --name MY_PROV --volumes-from MY_VOLUME collectiveaccess/providence
   

4. Verify the container is up and running:

   docker ps
   

   You should see the container status listed as "Up".

5. Access the Collective Access - Providence using a web browser by opening http://<your-server-ip> in the address bar.

Congratulations, you have now successfully installed and configured Collective Access - Providence on your Fedora CoreOS latest!

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