Download and INSTALLATION

You are free to download, install and use Notre-DAM under the terms of the GPL v.3 license.

However, you should spend a few minutes reading these notes.

Notre-DAM is a web application and installing it requires installing: (1) the Notre-DAM server, (2) a number of MediaDART nodes, and (3) a shared storage.

Nodes are dedicated to resource processing. So, deploying many nodes improves the performance of operations like transcoding or resizing, in particular when they are executed on many resources at the same time.

There are several ways to install NotreDAM.

1 - Single-machine installation

This is the minimal installation you should start with.

It requires just one computer and you will be able at any time to add additional computers with extra mediaDART nodes.

For more information, please refer to the single-machine installation instructions.

2 - Multi-node installation

A multi-node installation provides a scalable environment with more processing power and it’s highly recommended when deploying a service based on Notre-DAM.

A multi-node installation requires at least two computers.

A multi-node installation is done by adding extra nodes to a single-machine installation. For more information read the multi-node installation instructions.

3 - Virtual-box installation

Alternatively, an even simpler installation is possible and requires the installation of VirtualBox on your computer (running any operating system) and downloading the image for VirtualBox that includes both the Notre-DAM server and one MediaDART node.

This installation procedure is particularly suitable to whoever wishes to give Notre-DAM a try without having a Linux PC at hand.

18/8/2010: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VIRTUAL BOX IMAGE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED YET TO THE LATEST RELEASE. FOLLOW THE SINGLE-MACHINE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTONS FOR INSTALLING NOTREDAM ON YOUR VIRTUAL MACHINE

4 - Installation from the source code repository

You can install the very latest version of Notre-DAM, checking out the trunk source files from the Google Code repository.

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For further information, please refer to the Documentation page.