Archivematica is a free and open source digital preservation system that is designed to integrate different preservation tools, management functions, and metadata processing. It is a comprehensive suite for preservation, archival storage and long-form digital preservation planning.
In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Archivematica on OpenBSD.
To begin with, you will need to have the following prerequisites installed:
Before we start installing Archivematica, we need to update the system packages to their latest version. We can do this by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -u
Archivematica requires the installation of certain dependencies to function properly. We can install all the required dependencies by running this command:
sudo pkg_add -I curl pcre pcre-devel db-dev mysql-server py3-pip
Archivematica uses Elasticsearch as the primary search index for all of its metadata. We need to install Elasticsearch on our system before we can proceed with the installation of Archivematica. We can install Elasticsearch by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -I openjdk elasticsearch
Next, we need to enable the Elasticsearch service to start automatically at boot time by running the following command:
sudo rcctl enable elasticsearch
We can start the Elasticsearch service by running the following command:
sudo rcctl start elasticsearch
We can install the Archivematica package by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -I archivematica
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter some information regarding your MySQL setup. Follow the prompts to finish the installation.
After the installation, we need to configure Archivematica to start automatically at boot time. We can achieve this by running the following commands:
sudo rcctl enable archivematica-dependencies
sudo rcctl enable archivematica-mcp-server
sudo rcctl enable archivematica-dashboard
Next, we need to start the Archivematica MCP server by running the following command:
sudo rcctl start archivematica-mcp-server
Archivematica should now be accessible at https://<server-ip>/. You can log in using the default username administrator and password demo. Once you have logged in, you can start using Archivematica to preserve your digital collections.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Archivematica on OpenBSD. You can now use it to preserve digital assets and ensure their long-term accessibility.
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