Introduction

Welcome! Thanks for installing The Dataverse Project!

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:

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.