Introduction
Welcome! Thanks for installing The Dataverse Project!
Contents:
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.
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.