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Task Description

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  • Login to your system as the "cspace" user collectionspace user that was created when you installed CollectionSpace

  • As the "cspace" user collectionspace user on Linux/Unix/Mac OS X, at your command prompt, enter:

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    $CSPACE_JEESERVER_HOME/bin/startup.sh


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titleCredentials for the cspace User

If you used the Automated Installer to install CollectionSpace, you can find the password for the "cspace" user collectionspace user in the file initial_password.txt in the home directory of the cspace the collectionspace user. To get there you'll need to perform this command:

sudo su - cspace collectionspace

Validate

Check server logs

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Try sending an API request

To see if the installation was successful and that the CollectionSpace server started up without problems.  Try the following command:

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curl -i http://localhost:8180/cspace-services/collectionobjects -u admin@core.collectionspace.org:Administrator

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If the login page appears, you can then try logging in by following the instructions on that page.

Testing with the API

To see if the installation was successful and that the CollectionSpace server started up without problems.  Try the following command:

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curl -i http://localhost:8180/cspace-services/collectionobjects -u admin@core.collectionspace.org:Administrator

If successful, you should see output that looks something like this:

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=745CD7316C77FF98D2474C0640009FDD; Path=/cspace-services/; HttpOnly
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 383
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:24:00 GMT

If you don't see "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" in the first line of the output, review the installation instructions to see if you missed a step.  If you are not able to get passed this error, contact the CollectionSpace community "Talk" list at talk@collectionspace.org.  Please include as much detail as possible so someone in the community can try to help you.

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