If you have the Java 1.6.0 SDK (or above) you can build and run a demo server with the following commands:
git clone git://github.com/hudmol/archivesspace.git
cd archivesspace
launcher/build/run dist
java -jar launcher/archivesspace.jar
This will start the ArchivesSpace application running on:
and the backend web service running on:
If you'd like to use different ports, you can run:
java -jar launcher/archivesspace.jar [frontend port] [backend port]
To create a test account and log in, you'll currently need to use curl:
username=$USER
curl -v -F password=testuser "http://localhost:8089/auth/local/user/$username"