Introduction

Welcome! Thanks for installing The Dataverse Project!

Quick Links

If you are installing the Dataverse Software for the first time, please proceed to the Preparation section.

Jump ahead to Configuration or Upgrading for an existing Dataverse installation.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended primarily for sysadmins who are installing, configuring, and upgrading a Dataverse installation.

Sysadmins are expected to be comfortable using standard Linux commands, issuing curl commands, and running SQL scripts.

Related Guides

Many “admin” functions can be performed by Dataverse installation users themselves (non-superusers) as documented in the User Guide and that guide is a good introduction to the features of the Dataverse Software from an end user perspective.

If you are a sysadmin who likes to code, you may find the API Guide useful, and you may want to consider improving the installation script or hacking on the community-lead configuration management options mentioned in the Preparation section. If you really like to code and want to help with the Dataverse Software code, please check out the Developer Guide!

Getting Help

To get help installing or configuring a Dataverse installation, please try one or more of:

• posting to the dataverse-community Google Group.

• asking at http://chat.dataverse.org

• emailing support@dataverse.org to open a private ticket at https://help.hmdc.harvard.edu

Information to Send to Support When Installation Fails

If you’ve encountered a problem installing Dataverse and are ready to ask for help, please consider sending along the following information so that the Dataverse team and community can more easily assist you.

• Version of Dataverse you are trying to install.

• Operating system (usually a Linux distribution) and version.

• Output from the installer (STDOUT, STDERR).

• The scripts/api/setup-all.*.log files left behind by the installer.

• The server.log file from Payara (by default at /usr/local/payara5/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/server.log).

Improving this Guide

If you spot a typo in this guide or would like to suggest an improvement, please find the appropriate file in https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/tree/develop/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation and send a pull request as explained in the Writing Documentation section of the Developer Guide. You are also welcome to simply open an issue at https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues to describe the problem with this guide.

Next is the Preparation section.