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Biology collection management software tools typically depends upon multiple software packages, such as databases, Web servers, image manipulation libraries, among others. This complexity makes it difficult for end users to install and deploy these applications in use cases including training, technology evaluation, and management of small collections. To remove the burden on installing multiple software dependencies and facilitating the deployment of bio-collections software, the iDigBio IT team works with the community to packages and makes available pre-configured virtual appliances. Appliances leverage virtualization technologies to provide a user with a turnkey solution to run collections software (on their desktops, local servers, or cloud servers); users simply download the appliance and run it without the need to worry about installing and configure additional software. | Biology collection management software tools typically depends upon multiple software packages, such as databases, Web servers, image manipulation libraries, among others. This complexity makes it difficult for end users to install and deploy these applications in use cases including training, technology evaluation, and management of small collections. To remove the burden on installing multiple software dependencies and facilitating the deployment of bio-collections software, the iDigBio IT team works with the community to packages and makes available pre-configured virtual appliances. Appliances leverage virtualization technologies to provide a user with a turnkey solution to run collections software (on their desktops, local servers, or cloud servers); users simply download the appliance and run it without the need to worry about installing and configure additional software. An appliances runs web server inside so that you can connect to it through web browser. | ||
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- Java Runtime Environment | - Java Runtime Environment | ||
- Specify 6.5 | - Specify 6.5 | ||
- Specify | - Specify Thin Client | ||
- VNCServer | - VNCServer | ||
- GNOME | - GNOME | ||
- Configuration Console | - Configuration Console | ||
Specify Appliance contains Specify software with web server and remote access software for GUI interface. Specify thin client runs a web server so that user can access Specify through web-browser. Thin client is currently under active development planning to release with Specify 7 and has only frequently used features such as data entry and quarry. The thick client is a full-feature Specify itself, meaning that there is no functional restriction. But it requires GUI interface so that you need to access it either java-applet through web browser or VNC viewer. | |||
Appliance download link | Appliance download link | ||
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Start the appliance by clicking play button. | |||
Start the appliance by clicking play button. This would take several minutes depending on your computer's performance. | |||
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Now the appliance shows the IP addresses. | Now the appliance shows the IP addresses. | ||
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Type the address shown on appliance to your web browser. Now you can use Specify thin client. User ID and password for demo database is shown on the appliance. | Type the address shown on appliance to your web browser. Now you can use Specify thin client. User ID and password for demo database is shown on the appliance. | ||
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'''Instructions for thick client''' | '''Instructions for thick client''' | ||
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Instructions | Instructions | ||
Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is | Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is shown on VMWare player. Finally you enter the address on your browser address bar. | ||
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Instructions | Instructions | ||
Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is | Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is shown on VMWare player. Finally you enter the address on your browser address bar. | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 12 November 2013
iDigBio Virtual Appliance
Biology collection management software tools typically depends upon multiple software packages, such as databases, Web servers, image manipulation libraries, among others. This complexity makes it difficult for end users to install and deploy these applications in use cases including training, technology evaluation, and management of small collections. To remove the burden on installing multiple software dependencies and facilitating the deployment of bio-collections software, the iDigBio IT team works with the community to packages and makes available pre-configured virtual appliances. Appliances leverage virtualization technologies to provide a user with a turnkey solution to run collections software (on their desktops, local servers, or cloud servers); users simply download the appliance and run it without the need to worry about installing and configure additional software. An appliances runs web server inside so that you can connect to it through web browser.
Below is a list of iDigBio virtual appliances. These appliances are currently aimed at technology evaluation and training use cases, and to gather feedback from the community
- Specify Appliance - Arthropod Easy Capture Appliance - Georeferencing Calculator Appliance
iDigBio welcomes proposals from the community to create virtual appliances. To submit a proposal, please visit https://www.idigbio.org/content/appliance-proposal
Required software for virtual appliance
To run virtual appliance, you need either VMware player (Windows and Linux) or VirtualBox(Windows, Linux and Mac). Below is the links for download.
http://www.vmware.com/support/download-player
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Specify Appliance
Packaged software
- MySQL - Java Runtime Environment - Specify 6.5 - Specify Thin Client - VNCServer - GNOME - Configuration Console
Specify Appliance contains Specify software with web server and remote access software for GUI interface. Specify thin client runs a web server so that user can access Specify through web-browser. Thin client is currently under active development planning to release with Specify 7 and has only frequently used features such as data entry and quarry. The thick client is a full-feature Specify itself, meaning that there is no functional restriction. But it requires GUI interface so that you need to access it either java-applet through web browser or VNC viewer.
Appliance download link
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_v2.zip
Instructions for thin client
Download from above link and extract it. Then double click the specify appliance file. File:A.png
Start the appliance by clicking play button. This would take several minutes depending on your computer's performance.
File:Bb.png
Now the appliance shows the IP addresses.
File:Cc.png
Type the address shown on appliance to your web browser. Now you can use Specify thin client. User ID and password for demo database is shown on the appliance.
File:Ff.png
Instructions for thick client
Optionally, you can run thick client on web browser with the same address with different port number. You can use full-features of Specify 6.5. Password for VNC is shown on the appliance screen. File:Gg.png
The other way to run Specify thick client is through VNCviewer. You can download VNC viewer at below site. http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
Arthropod Easy Capture
Packaged software
- Apache server - MySQL - PHP - Configuration Console - Arthropod Easy Capture
Arthropod Easy Capture Appliance
For VMware
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/ArthropodEasyCapture.zip
For VirtualBox
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/ArthropodEasyCapture-VirtualBox.zip
Instructions
Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is shown on VMWare player. Finally you enter the address on your browser address bar.
Georeferencing Calculator
Packaged software
- Georeferencing Calculator - Apache server - Confuration Console
Donwload links
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/GeoreferencingCalculator.zip
Instructions
Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number is shown on VMWare player. Finally you enter the address on your browser address bar.
Appliances under development
- Optical Character Recognition(OCR) appliance