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System Requirements

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The Retrieval Tool has the same OS and Java requirements as the SyncTool. The system requirements for operating the SyncTool are described here. The Retrieval Tool also requires that there be sufficient disk space to retrieve the required content set from DuraCloud. 

Download

Download the retrieval tool from the Downloads page.

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For the impatient: Here are the commands you would use to complete the following common tasks. See the sections before below for more details about how the Retrieval Tool operates and more information about available options.

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First: Create a file, named content-list.txt, and place it next to the Retrieval Tool jar file. Open this file in a text editor and add to the first line the full content ID of the one file you want to download. You can find the content ID by logging into the DuraCloud UI , and selecting the space. Each of the files that are listed as being in the space will be displayed with their full content ID. If your file has been chunked, remove the chunk extension (e.g. ".dura-manifest" or ".dura-chunk-0001") to get the content ID for use with the Retrieval Tool.

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Info

As of DuraCloud version 48.0.0, the Retrieval Tool requires Java 8 17 to run. The latest version of Java can be downloaded from here17 is available from Adoptium.

  • You must have Java version 8 17 or above installed on your local system. If Java is not installed, or if a previous version is installed, you will need to download and install Java 817. To determine if the correct version of Java is installed, open a terminal or command prompt and enter

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    java -version

    The version displayed should be 117.80.0 or above. If running this command generates an error, Java is likely not installed.

  • You must have downloaded the Retrieval Tool. It is available as a link near the top of this page.

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