1. DSpace Installation Requirements People Network Hardware Software
… and TIME !
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

2. People to install the software to maintain the server
to modify and maintain the server software.
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

3. Network Infrastructure Link persistence Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

4. Hardware Buy a server or Buy a cloud server. Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

5. Software
UNIX-like OS (i.e. Ubuntu LTS Server) or Microsoft Windows
Java JDK 7 or 8 (OpenJDK or Oracle JDK) not JRE
Apache Maven or above (3.3.9+)* (Java build tool)
Apache Ant 1.8 or later (Java build tool)
Relational Database: PostgreSQL or Oracle (i.e. PostgreSQL 9.4 or later with pgcrypto installed)
Servlet Engine (Apache Tomcat 7 or later, Jetty, Caucho Resin or equivalent).
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

6. Installation: The installation involves three steps:
Install the server operating system
2. Prepare the server with the Prerequisite Software (for DSpace)
3. Install DSpace.
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

7. Install DSpace: Download DSpace software Unpack the DSpace software
Configure the DSpace software
Compile/build the DSpace software
Deploy the appropriate Webapps
Test the major DSpace components.
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma

8. Just don’t forget the Post Installation tasks like: Handle server
Make Secure “logins”
Disaster recovery (backups) …
Francesco Bergamaschi
U.O. Management Control – Università di Parma