Administrator's Guide

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Provides detailed instructions for installing and initializing a digital library using gCube’s core components. Includes information about external dependencies, known issues, incompatibilities, specific platform details etc. Offers guidelines and instructions for the daily administration and upgrading of a gCube infrastructure and the within established VREs.

Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Intended Readership
    2. Purpose
    3. Related Documents
    4. Problem Reporting
  2. gCube Overview
  3. How to set up a gCube infrastructure
  4. gCube Hosting Node (gHN) Installation
  5. Core Services Installation
    1. Information System Installation
    2. VRE Management Services Installation
    3. Broker & Matchmaker Installation
    4. Dynamic Virtual Organisation Support Services Installation
  6. How to create a Virtual Organization
    1. Installing the Virtual Organization enabling services
    2. Configuring the Virtual Organization
    3. Verifying the Virtual Organization correctness
    4. Registering new gCube Resources
      1. gCube Resources mandatory in any Virtual Organization
      2. Additional gCube Resources
    5. Dynamic Services Deployment and configuration
      1. Index Management
      2. Metadata Management
      3. Content Management
        1. Content Import
    6. Managing the Virtual Organization
      1. Editing the Virtual Organization Layout
      2. Editing the Virtual Organization Information Space
      3. Managing Virtual Organization Users
      4. Monitoring the Virtual Organization through the Information System
  7. How to create a Virtual Research Environment
    1. Defining the Virtual Research Environment
    2. Approving the Virtual Research Environment
    3. Verifying the Virtual Research Environment correctness
    4. Managing the Virtual Research Environment
      1. Creating the Virtual Research Environment Layout
      2. Editing the Virtual Research Environment Information Space
      3. Managing Virtual Research Environment Users
      4. Monitoring the Virtual Research Environment through the Information System
  8. Portal
    1. gCube Portal Installation
    2. Authorization management with LDAP
    3. Portal Administration Functionality
      1. Layout Generator
      2. User Management
      3. Information Space Editor
      4. Resource Management
      5. Content Import
      6. Index Management
    4. Monitoring System
  9. Glossary
  10. Lexical Convention
  11. APPENDIX
    1. GCube Security Model
    2. How To Configure gHN Security
    3. How To Configure Identities For gCube Services