How to Install Collective Access - Providence on Alpine Linux Latest

Collective Access is a comprehensive cataloging and management system for museums, archives, and digital collections. In this tutorial, we will look at how to install Collective Access - Providence on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

A server running Alpine Linux Latest
A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Let's start by updating the package repository of our Alpine Linux server. To do that, run the following command:

sudo apk update

Next, we need to install some required packages. Run the following command:

sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 php7-mysqli php7-gd php7-simplexml php7-zip php7-dom php7-curl php7-xml php7-pdo_mysql php7-sockets php7-posix php7-json git wget

This command will install the Apache web server, PHP with all the required extensions, the git version control system, and wget.

Step 2: Download and Install Collective Access - Providence

We will use git to clone the latest Collective Access - Providence repository from GitHub. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence.git

Once downloaded, move the project files to the Apache web root directory:

sudo mv providence /var/www/localhost/htdocs/

Next, we need to set the correct file permissions for the project files:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence

Step 3: Configure Apache Web Server

We need to configure the Apache web server for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command to open the Apache configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

In the file, find the following lines:

#LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Remove the "#" signs from the beginning of these two lines to enable them:

LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Save and close the file.

Next, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command to create a new file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/providence.conf

In the file, add the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence
    ServerName your_domain_name.com
    <Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/providence>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/providence_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/providence_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace "[email protected]" and "your_domain_name.com" with your email address and domain name respectively.

Save and close the file.

Next, we need to create a log directory for our Collective Access - Providence installation. Run the following command:

sudo mkdir -p /var/log/apache2

Finally, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:

sudo rc-service apache2 restart

Step 4: Access Collective Access - Providence

If you have set up domain DNS or point domain name on the public IP address of the server, you can access your Collective Access - Providence installation by navigating to your server's public IP address in a web browser.

Otherwise, for test purposes, you can use your server's IP address followed by "/providence" in the web browser:

http://server-public-ip/providence/

You will see the Collective Access - Providence homepage.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Collective Access - Providence on Alpine Linux Latest. You should now be able to manage and catalog your museum, archive, and digital collections using Collective Access - Providence.