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Server Requirements and PreparationsThis document provides hardware and software requirements for a CollectionSpace server. We strongly recommend installing CollectionSpace on a dedicated Ubuntu 1820.04.x LTS server. Most of our development and testing of CollectionSpace has taken place on Ubuntu 1820.04.x LTS servers. That said, as far as we know, the CollectionSpace server runs fine on Mac OS X, Windows 7, and several other flavors of Linux. To install CollectionSpace onto an Ubuntu 1820.04 LTS server, you'll need to be very comfortable with the Linux bash shell and with using common Linux command-line tools. You will also need to have an account on the Ubuntu server that has elevated (i.e., sudo) privileges/permissions. Supported Operating SystemsAlthough we regularly build and use CollectionSpace servers in multiple Linux environments and don't anticipate problems running CollectionSpace servers in other environments (other Unix-like OSes, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows), CollectionSpace has been extensively tested ONLY on Ubuntu 1820.04.x LTS servers. Successful Installations to DateOperating systems on which the CollectionSpace server has been successfully installed and run to date include:
Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements Summary The hardware capabilities of your server will often have a greater impact on your system's overall performance than the capabilities of your client computers. Generally, the more memory and CPU you have available on your server, the better your CollectionSpace system will perform.
Table 1-2 Software Requirements for Installation
CollectionSpace is offered under the terms of an open source ECL 2.0 License (https://source.collectionspace.org/collection-space/LICENSE.txt). Server Machine PreparationsPrepare your server machine (UNIX or Windows) to run CollectionSpace by following the next steps:
After doing so, follow the instructions for installing the CollectionSpace server in the relevant installation guide in Installing CollectionSpace. Client RecommendationsSince the client side of CollectionSpace is a standard web interface, the requirements for the client are relatively light. Clients need only a reasonably up-to-date web browser (Internet Explorer is not supported) running under an operating system like Windows 7 or Mac OS X. Because the CollectionSpace front-end runs in JavaScript within the browser, a faster client computer with more memory will yield better performance. The speed of the JavaScript interpreter in the client browser will also impact some aspects of performance. Table 1-3 Client Software RecommendationsThe CollectionSpace system is routinely tested with specific combinations of web browsers and operating systems, whose use is both recommended and supported:
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