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What is the best way to share a database with colleagues?
Hi there,
I am an academic researcher and I'm (very!) new to Open Clinica. I'm attempting to install it on my C drive (having some issues but that's a different post!). If I install it on my C drive with the web services applications can I then add users so that my colleagues can access the database? Do I need to install the software in a shared network folder or should I install it on each of my colleagues computers?
Thanks in advance,
Meghan McIlwain, PhD
University of Auckland
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Unless you're a developer or programmer and have unfettered access to your PC and your local network, I wouldn't recommend turning your PC into a server. Once the site is running, you can log into http://localhost:8080/OpenClinica and add users, but the server would still need to be online, accept connections from your network, and have available memory. It's designed to be loaded onto a dedicated system/environment. Once configured, anyone on the network could connect to the URL of the site through Internet Explorer or Firefox to use OpenClinica.
The most recent install guide is at https://github.com/OpenClinica/OpenClinica/wiki/Install-OpenClinica-3.6-&-3.7-on-Windows
For example, suppose your web server IP address is 192.168.1.201 then the URL would be http://192.168.1.201:8080/OpenClinica
Cheers,
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