IDigBio Virtual Appliances

iDigBio Virtual Appliance

Biology collection management software requires prerequisite of multiple software stacks such as database software, server software for remote access and etc. To avoid the burden of installing multiple software stack, iDigBio provides virtual appliances. Single virtual appliance can contains multiple software stack providing a user with a turnkey solution. Users of appliance can simply download the appliance and run it without needing to installing multiple software stacks.

Below is the list of iDigBio virtual appliances.

- Specify Appliance
- Arthropod Easy Capture Appliance
- Georeferencing Calculator Appliance
- Optical Character Recognition Appliance

To run the appliance, you need 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
- Specify Thinclient
- VNCServer
- GNOME
- Configuration Console

Appliance download link http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_v2.zip

Instructions Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then instruction screen appears.

Arthropod Easy Capture

Packaged software

- Apache server
- MySQL
- PHP
- Configuration Console

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

Georeferencing Calculator

Packaged software Apache server

Donwload links Georeferencing Calculator Appliance http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/GeoreferencingCalculator.zip http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/ArthropodEasyCapture-VirtualBox.zip

Optical Character Recognition Appliance

N/A