Access to Memory (AtoM) is a web-based application for managing and providing access to archival descriptions and digital objects. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install AtoM on a Windows 10 machine.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed:
If you don't have any of the above prerequisites installed, you can download and install them from the official websites:
Visit the official AtoM website at https://www.accesstomemory.org/download/ and download the latest stable version of AtoM. We recommend downloading the ZIP package.
Extract the downloaded ZIP package to a directory on your local machine, e.g., C:\atom.
AtoM requires a virtual host in Apache. Open the httpd.conf file located in C:\Apache24\conf and add the following lines at the end of the file:
# Access to Memory (AtoM)
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName atom.local
DocumentRoot "C:\atom\atom"
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and restart Apache.
Create a new MySQL user with all privileges and a new database. You can use a tool like phpMyAdmin to do this. Make sure to note down the username, password, and database name for later use.
AtoM comes with a sample configuration file config/Configuration.yml.sample. Copy this file to config/Configuration.yml and open it in a text editor like Notepad++.
Change the following lines:
databases:
connection:
dsn: 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=atom;charset=utf8'
username: 'root'
password: ''
To:
databases:
connection:
dsn: 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=[database_name];charset=utf8'
username: '[mysql_user]'
password: '[mysql_password]'
Replace [database_name], [mysql_user], and [mysql_password] with the actual values you noted down in step 4.
Save the file.
Open your web browser and visit http://atom.local/install. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, you can use AtoM by visiting http://atom.local in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install AtoM on a Windows 10 machine. With AtoM installed, you can manage and provide access to archival descriptions and digital objects.
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