Setup II

IPT: Integrated Publishing Toolkit

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IPT setup part II

Please provide additional information for the basic IPT setup.

Default administrator. The password for the default administrator account can be modified later on, but the email cannot be changed without removing and re-creating the user.

IPT Mode

Select the mode you would like to run the IPT in. The IPT mode decides whether or not the hosted resources will be indexed for public search access by GBIF. GBIF recommends IPT administrators try Test mode first in order to understand the registration process, and then reinstall in Production mode for formal data publishing. Warning: for a given installation, this selection is final and cannot be changed later on. To switch from test to production mode or vice versa, you will have to reinstall your IPT and repeat any configurations you made.

Test mode is for evaluating the IPT or running it in a training scenario. Resources registered with GBIF will go into a test registry and will never be indexed. All DOIs minted for resources in test mode should use a test prefix (e.g. 10.5072 for DataCite), meaning they are temporary.

Production mode is for publishing resources formally. Resources registered with GBIF go into the GBIF Registry and will be indexed. DOIs minted for resources cannot be deleted, and require resources to remain publicly accessible.

IPT mode:

Public URL

The public (Internet) URL for this IPT.

The URL that points to the root of your IPT installation. If you wish to register resources with GBIF, you must have a publicly accessible address. For example, https://ipt.example.org or https://www.example.org/ipt

Forward proxy URL

An optional institutional proxy server address.

This setting is required on some institutional networks. If the IPT must make outbound HTTP and HTTPS requests through an institutional proxy, enter the address and port number here. For example, http://proxy.example.org:8080