NADA Training Engine

1 Prerequisites
- Requirements Overview
- Install Prerequisites
- PHP Extensions
- Prerequisites Checklist
2 Environment Setup
- Install Environment
- Start Services
- Configure PHP
- Verify Setup
3 Database Setup
- Create Database
- Create User
- Security Practices
- Test Connection
4 NADA Installation
- Download NADA
- Deploy Files
- Configure Database
- Install Dependencies
- Run Installer
5 Configuration
- Site Settings
- Email Setup
- User Roles
- Security Settings
6 Data Management
- Add Catalog Entries
- NADA API
- R & Python Packages
- Collections & Batch Ops
7 Troubleshooting
- Common Errors
- Debug Mode
- Log Files
- Performance
- Upgrades & Backups

Interactive Training Platform

A complete guided walkthrough for installing, configuring, and managing NADA 5.x — the open-source National Data Archive cataloging system by IHSN.

Module 1: Prerequisites — System requirements and prerequisite software
Module 2: Environment Setup — Web server and PHP configuration
Module 3: Database Setup — Database creation and user management
Module 4: NADA Installation — Downloading, deploying, and running the installer
Module 5: Configuration — Site settings, email, roles, and security
Module 6: Data Management — Catalogs, API, and batch operations
Module 7: Troubleshooting — Debugging, logs, performance, and upgrades

Windows + XAMPP Apache, MySQL, PHP on Windows

Windows + WAMP Apache, MySQL, PHP on Windows

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) Apache/Nginx, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu

Linux (CentOS/RHEL) Apache/Nginx, MySQL, PHP on CentOS

Docker Containerized NADA deployment

MySQL MySQL 8.0+

MariaDB MariaDB 10.4+

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