The Storage Service is used alongside Archivematica to manage the storage locations and packages for one or many Archivematica dashboards.
For information about Archivematica, including user and administrator manuals, please see the :ref:`Archivematica documentation <archivematica:home>`.
This section provides information for Storage Service administrators. This manual is intended for systems administrators who are responsible for installing, configuring, setting up, and maintaining Archivematica and related systems.
- :ref:`Administering the Storage Service <administrators>`
- :ref:`Storage Service glossary and organization <organization>`
- :ref:`Archivematica configuration <archivematica-configuration>`
- :ref:`Pipelines <pipelines>`
- :ref:`Spaces <spaces>`
- :ref:`Locations <locations>`
- :ref:`Packages <packages-tab>`
- :ref:`Administration <administration>`
AIP recovery support allows a storage service administrator to replace a corrupt version of a stored AIP with a correct version (restored from a backup, for example).
- :ref:`AIP recovery <recovery>`
- :ref:`Performing an AIP recovery <how-recovery-works>`
- :ref:`Example recovery request <example-recovery-request>`
- :ref:`Reporting recovery progress to external systems <reporting-recovery-progress>`
The Archivematica Storage Service exposes an API endpoint that allows users to check fixity on individual AIPs. Fixity is also an application for use with the Archivematica Storage Service. The Fixity application is run from the command-line and uses the API endpoint to perform batch checking across the entirety of the AIP storage location.
- :ref:`Fixity <fixity-docs>`
- :ref:`Checking fixity using the API endpoint <using-fixity-endpoint>`
- :ref:`Using the Fixity application <fixity-application>`
- :ref:`Reviewing fixity results in the Storage Service <reviewing-fixity-checks>`
The Archivematica Storage Service implements multiple management commands using the command interface provided by the Django web framework. These allow administrators to perform tasks such as creating new replicas of existing AIPs.