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Life Archive App
A practical guide to installing, configuring, deploying, and operating the reference Life Archive web app.
Life Archive App is the open-source reference web application for the Life Archive Format. Follow this guide from the overview through installation and configuration, then use the deployment and operations entries when publishing an archive.
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Life Archive App Overview
Life Archive App is the open-source reference web application for the Life Archive Format. It reads a .life folder from the local filesystem and presents the archive as a public…
Read entryInstalling Life Archive App
Life Archive App is a Next.js server application. A local installation needs Node.js with npm, a copy of the application repository, and at least one valid .life archive. The pr…
Read entryConfiguring Life Archive App
Tracked application defaults are centralized in src/defaults.ts . Deployment-specific overrides belong in the root .env.local , which Git ignores. Archive-specific identity and…
Read entryConfiguring Life Archive App
Tracked application defaults are centralized in src/defaults.ts . Deployment-specific overrides belong in the root .env.local , which Git ignores. Archive-specific identity and…
Read entrySingle-Archive and Multi-Tenant Modes
Life Archive App supports two archive-routing modes. Single-archive mode serves one .life folder for every request. Multi-host mode chooses an archive from the request hostname,…
Read entryDeploying Life Archive App
Deploy Life Archive App as a Next.js server application , not as a static export. Pages are server rendered as needed, and archive files, album media, generated thumbnails, and…
Read entryOperations and Troubleshooting
Life Archive App is intentionally light on operational state. The .life folder is the source of truth, while generated thumbnails live under systemPath and may be recreated. Goo…
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