This page provides quick links to all the technical documentation needed by people trying out, installing, maintaining, or using the Avalon Media System.
If you are new to Avalon, start by visiting the project website to learn more about the project and the product itself. The website provides the necessary context for deciding which of the documents below you may need to access.
Documentation Quick Links
PLEASE NOTE
INSTALLATION METHODS FOR AVALON WILL CHANGE AFTER RELEASE 6 (SPRING 2017)
Installing Avalon
- Installing an Avalon Virtual Machine image from a portable .ova file
- Installing Avalon on a server following step-by-step instruction
- Installing Avalon on a Server Using Docker
Upgrading Avalon
- Upgrading Avalon 5.1.6 to Avalon 6.0
- Upgrading Avalon 4.x to Avalon 5.x
- Upgrading Avalon 3.3 to Avalon 4.0
- Upgrading Avalon 3.2 to Avalon 3.3
- Upgrading Avalon 3.1 to Avalon 3.2
- Upgrading Avalon 3.0 to Avalon 3.1
- Upgrading Avalon 2.0 to Avalon 3.0
- Upgrading Avalon 1.0 to Avalon 2.0
Configuring Avalon
- Guide to configuration files
- Monitoring Avalon
- Avalon LTI Tool
- Master and Derivative File Locations
- Permalinks
- Setting Up Avalon with Adobe Media Server
- LDAP Access Control
- Bibliographic Import Configuration
- Customizing the Avalon Homepage
Using Avalon
Integrations and Contributions
- Avalon - Canvas LTI workflow
- Avalon LTI Tool
- Avalon Turnkey (AWS Installation)
- Configure Avalon with SSL
- Customize Avalon Homepage
- Installing Avalon on a Server Using Docker
- Install Sample Content Via Command Line
- LDAP Access Control
- Maintaining Matterhorn Disk Space
- Managing Master Files
- Manual Installation Instructions
- Manual Installation of Avalon Using Puppet
- Master and Derivative File Locations
- Monitoring Avalon
- Moving Matterhorn to a new host
- Optimizing Matterhorn System Resources
- Restart Delayed Job
- Restoring mobile playback in Avalon 4.0.1 (VOV-4081)
- Setting Up Avalon with Adobe Media Server
- Setup a Server for Hydra 10 Development
- Streaming Derivative File Locations
- System Requirements
- Throttling Batch Ingest
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Upgrade Ruby using RVM
- Upgrading Avalon
- Vagrant Virtual Machine Image Installation Instructions (VirtualBox only)
- Vagrant Virtual Machine - Upgrading Avalon 1.0 to Avalon 2.0
- Virtual Machine Image Installation Instructions (portable)
- Working File Path