Digital Scholarship at Brown uses a web server configured as a LAMP server. “LAMP” is an acronym for the technology stack that is installed on the server:
- Linux: This is the open-source operating system that is used on the server.
- Apache: This is the web server software that the server uses.
- MySQL: This is the database software that the server uses.
- Php/Perl/Python: These are the three programming languages that the server can interpret.
Generally, if you are using applications available to install by default through digitalscholarship.brown.edu, you won’t need to worry about these technical details. All of the software that is available for installation in cPanel meets the technical requirements.
If you would like to install an application that isn’t available through our automatic installer tool, then you’ll have to be determine if the server can support it. First, check the technical requirements for the application to determine if it can run on a LAMP server.
Your space at digitalscholarship.brown.edu should come with AT LEAST the following versions of the LAMP components, which can help you determine if an unsupported application you want to add to your domain might be compatible:
Linux: CentOS 7 with linux kernel 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64
Apache: 2.4.46
MySQL: 5.7.31
PHP: 7.2.33
Perl: 5.16.3
Python: 2.7.5
You should also do some research to see if there are additional services or modules that need to be installed on the server. Some software may require components that aren’t included in the default installation of the LAMP stack. In that case, contact us with details about what you need, and we’ll see what we can do.
