Archive:Recommended Platforms

Manual Sections
Introduction How to Get Help/Support History Installing EPrints & Getting Started Installing EPrints Installation on RHEL-based Linux Installation on Debian/Ubuntu Installation on Generic Linux OS Required software Upgrading EPrints Setting up an Archive Backups Troubleshooting Advanced Installation How to use EPrints with HTTPS Setting up email Configuring EPrints Branding with confidence Deposit Types and Metadata Organisation Hierarchy Searches Advanced Configuration/Howtos Setting up HTTPS using Let's Encrypt HTTPS-only and HSTS User Authentication using Shibboleth Technical Reference EPrints Configuration Reference Repository Configuration Reference Metadata Reference (also Functions) API Overview Entire Manual (for printing)

Red Hat based Linux - Installation Guide
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (http://www.redhat.com/rhel/): RHEL 7 or 8 currently recommended.
- Fedora Core (http://fedora.redhat.com/): Fedora 33 or later currently recommended. However, Fedora version move on quickly, so go out of support quickly and are not regularly tested and therefore Fedora is not recommended for production EPrints repositories.
- CentOS (https://www.centos.org/): CentOS 7 currently recommended.
- Rocky Linux (https://www.rockylinux.org/): Rocky Linux 8 currently recommended.

Debian based Linux - Installation Guide
- Debian (https://www.debian.org/) - Debian 9, 10 or 11 currently recommended.
- Ubuntu (https://www.ubuntu.com/) - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS or 22.04 LTS currently recommended. Non-LTS Ubuntu versions are not recommended.