How to run DSpace 7/8 on your own domain (with HTTPS enabled) - step by step manual

Abstract

This guideline was prepared and tested for Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS and DSpace 7.4 as well as DSpace 8 (backend,frontend). The author is Matus Formanek, PhD. - a researcher (Assistent Professor) in the Department of Mediamatics and Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia.

If you have any comments or questions, do not hesitate to contact me at: e-mail: matus.formanek@fhv.uniza.sk

I would like to express my special thanks to Mohammad S. AlMutairi who kindly helped me with many issues in this matter!

Important note: If you want to run your DSpace 7 on own domain-name, you have to enable HTTPS on the backend - otherwise you won't be able to log in with your login. Login of all users (including admin) will not work.