ResourceSpace is an open-source digital asset management system designed to help organizations store, manage, and distribute their digital assets, such as images, videos, audio files, and documents. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install ResourceSpace on Linux Mint.
Before installing ResourceSpace, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
php-gdphp-mbstringphp-zipphp-xmlResourceSpace requires a web server to function. You can choose either Apache or Nginx. In this tutorial, we will use Apache.
You can install Apache using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
To verify that Apache is installed and running, you can enter the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost/
You should see the Apache default welcome page if Apache is installed successfully.
ResourceSpace requires a database server to store its data. You can use either MySQL or MariaDB. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB.
You can install MariaDB using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mariadb-server
After installing MariaDB, you can secure the installation by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
You will be asked a series of questions to secure the MariaDB installation. Make sure to set a strong password for the root user.
ResourceSpace requires PHP and some of its extensions to function.
You can install PHP and its extensions using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php php-gd php-mbstring php-zip php-xml
You can download the latest version of ResourceSpace from their official website, or you can use the following command to download the latest stable version:
wget https://www.resourcespace.com/get
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the Apache document root directory:
sudo tar -xvf resourcespace*.tar.gz -C /var/www/html
Create a new database for ResourceSpace using the following command:
sudo mariadb -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted, and then enter the following SQL commands to create a new database and a new user for ResourceSpace:
CREATE DATABASE resourcespace CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'resourcespace'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON resourcespace.* TO 'resourcespace'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace strong_password with a strong password.
Copy the default configuration file to the include directory:
sudo cp /var/www/html/resourcespace/include/config.php.default /var/www/html/resourcespace/include/config.php
Edit the config.php file and update the following settings:
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_name'] = 'resourcespace';
$config['db_username'] = 'resourcespace';
$config['db_password'] = 'strong_password';
Make sure to replace strong_password with the password you set in step 5.
Set the ownership and permissions for the ResourceSpace files, directories and cache:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/resourcespace
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/resourcespace
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/resourcespace/filestore /var/www/html/resourcespace/filestore/cache
You can now access ResourceSpace by entering the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost/resourcespace/
You should see the ResourceSpace setup wizard if the installation is successful.
Follow the wizard to complete the installation process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ResourceSpace on Linux Mint. You can now use ResourceSpace to store, manage, and distribute your digital assets.
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