LabKey Server is a Java web application that runs under Apache Tomcat and accesses a relational database, either PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server. LabKey Server can also reserve a network file share for the data pipeline, and use an outgoing (SMTP) mail server for sending system emails. LabKey Server may optionally connect to an LDAP server to authenticate users within an organization.
If you wish to evaluate LabKey Server, we recommend that you consider a
trial server instance.
Step-by-Step Manual Install
If you are manually installing LabKey Server, you need to download, install, and configure all of its components yourself. The following topics explain how to do this in a step-by-step fashion:
If you are installing manually on Linux or OSX, the instructions assume that you have super-user access to the machine, and that you are familiar with linux commands and utilities such as
wget, tar, chmod, and ln.
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