ArchivesSpace technical overview

This documentation will provide implementers and administrators with the information needed to install, configure and maintain an ArchivesSpase instance. Additional documentation is available for developers and for installing, configuring and maintaining an ArchivesSpace instance.

If you discover errors in the documentation, or would like to suggest or contribute additional documentation, please submit an issue or pull request as appropriate.

Architecture and components

• The ArchivesSpace backend
• The ArchivesSpace staff interface
• The ArchivesSpace public user interface
• Background Jobs
• Search indexing
• OAI-PMH interface
• Languages, platforms, and included open source projects
• Working with the ArchivesSpace Database
• Working with the ArchivesSpace API

Configuration and customization

• Running ArchivesSpace as a Unix daemon
• Running ArchivesSpace as a Windows service
• Running ArchivesSpace against MySQL
• ArchivesSpace Plug-ins
• Theming ArchivesSpace
• Adding support for additional username/password-based authentication backends
• Customizing text in ArchivesSpace

Migrating from Archivists’ Toolkit and Archon

• Migration tools and data mapping
• Archivists’ Toolkit migration tool instructions
• Archon migration tool instructions