SDSS-III SkyServer Website Download Page

This page provides a link to the SDSS-III SkyServer Web Interface download and instructions for installing it, for SDSS-III Catalog Archive Server (CAS) mirror sites.

Download Website (DR8 version):

Instructions for installing the SkyServer Website:

1. Unzip the Website that you downloaded from the link above into a location in the C: drive on your Webserver machine.
2. Important: Ensure that your IIS configuration has the "Enable Parent Paths" option turned on.
3. Create a Virtual Directory that points to the top level of the directory where you extracted the website to. This should be the directory that is one level above the "en" subdirectory in the Website directory tree. The URL to your site will then be http://localhost/<vdirname>, where <vdirname> is the name (alias) of the virtual directory you create.
4. Copy the globals.inc.svn file at the top level of the website tree to globals.inc in the same directory.
5. Edit the globals.inc file as necessary to set the local parameters and paths for your mirror site. In particular, set at least the values of the releaseNumber, userpwd and server variables.
The remaining variable values can be set on an as needed basis for your local configuration. If you have a local version of the CasJobs or ImgCutout services, then you will need to modify the URLs for those.
6. Try the new site by opening a browser and typing the URL "http://localhost/<vdirname>". You may replace "localhost" with the name of the server.

That's it ... your SkyServer mirror site is ready to go! If you have problems with the installation, please contact the SkyServer helpdesk.

(Note: If you want to mirror the ImgCutout Web service also, you can download it here).