Contents 1 Introduction 2 LOCKSS on Linux Install 2.1 LOCKSS Installation Guide 2.2 LOCKSS Net Install CD 3 LOCKSS OpenBSD to Linux Content Transition 3.1 Disk-to-Disk Transition Guide 3.2 Network Transition Guide 3.3 LOCKSS Transition CD 4 Other Guides 5 Support

[edit] Introduction

We recommend installing the LOCKSS software on a dedicated real or virtual machine. We provide the LOCKSS software integrated with a Linux installation based on CentOS 5.

LOCKSS was previously provided on an OpenBSD based platform, but this platform is being phased out and daemon releases on OpenBSD will stop soon. We can help you identify hardware and develop a plan for your Linux installation and data transition - there are many ways to do this. For assistance, please write to us at

[edit] LOCKSS on Linux Install

We provide a step-by-step installation guide (the LOCKSS Installation Guide) and a customized Linux installation CD (the LOCKSS Net Install CD) that contains everything you need to get started with LOCKSS.

[edit] LOCKSS Installation Guide

LOCKSS On Linux Installation Guide (PDF)

[edit] LOCKSS Net Install CD

http://www.lockss.org/centos/iso/lockss-netinstall-5.6-4.i386.iso

SHA1: 7e65fc161e047c9d0c8c757e7958a7fa248fee79

MD5: 0cd01153d246ee25d26219819102a87a

[edit] LOCKSS OpenBSD to Linux Content Transition

We support two methods for transitioning content data: the disk-to-disk method (if you are installing Linux on your existing OpenBSD hardware) and the network method (if you are installing Linux on new hardware). We provide a step-by-step guide for each method and a transition CD (the LOCKSS Transition CD) that contains the tools needed for either method.

[edit] Disk-to-Disk Transition Guide

Disk-to-disk Transition Guide

[edit] Network Transition Guide

Networked Transition Guide (PDF)

[edit] LOCKSS Transition CD

The LOCKSS Transition CD is needed for both transition methods. Download this ISO image and burn it to a CD.

http://www.lockss.org/centos/iso/lockss-transition-5.5-8.iso

SHA1: 8ecf8242287a9c0219213f6f0c9a7d406002ac8e

MD5: fff86f8b2f1298de3fcf7c0a76fd2d56

[edit] Other Guides

LCAP Over SSL
PNAS PLN Configuration
USDOCS PLN Configuration

[edit] Support

If you need assistance at any point with the LOCKSS On Linux install or LOCKSS OpenBSD to Linux data transition or have any questions, please write to us at

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• ...let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
  
  — Thomas Jefferson, February 18, 1791