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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 package and make 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 configuring 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 aimed at technology evaluation and training use cases, and gathering feedback from the community.

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 using a virtual appliance==

To run a virtual appliance, you need one of VMware player (Windows and Linux), VMware fusion(Mac) or VirtualBox(Windows, Linux and Mac) . Below are the links for download. We call this program Hypervisor. 
===Download links===
====VMware workstation (Windows and Linux)====
http://www.vmware.com/support/download-player


====VirtualBox(Mac)====

[[Virtualbox | Install and configuring instruction for mac]]


====VMware fusion (Mac)====
Note that it is 30 days trial only. For the long-term free usage, we recommend VirtualBox above. 

http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/


==List of iDigBio Appliance==

 - [[Specify Appliance | Specify Appliance with VNC ]]

 - [[Specify Appliance | Specify Appliance with direct GUI]]

 - [[Arthropod Easy Capture Virtual Appliances]]

==Arthropod Easy Capture Appliance==

===Packaged software===
 - Apache server
 - MySQL
 - PHP
 - Configuration Console
 - Arthropod Easy Capture

===Download links===

====For VMware====

http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/ArthropodEasyCaptureAppliance_vmware_v0.2.zip

====For VirtualBox====

http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/ArthropodEasyCaptureAppliance_virtualbox_v0.2.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 Appliance==

===Packaged software===
 - Georeferencing Calculator
 - Apache server
 - Configuration Console
 - VNCServer
 - GNOME

===Download links===

====For VMware==== 
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/GeoreferencingCalculator_VMware_v0.2.zip

====For VirtualBox====
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/GeoreferencingCalculator_VirtualBox_v0.2.zip

===Instructions===

Download from above link and run it through VMWare player. Then, IP address and port number are shown on VMWare player. Finally you enter the address on your browser address bar.

==Appliances under development==

 - Optical Character Recognition(OCR) appliance