Manifold on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Applications

Manifold, an open source scholarly and digital publishing platform, ready on first boot.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Manifold is an open source platform for scholarly and digital publishing, developed by the University of Minnesota Press, CUNY and Cast Iron Coding. It turns monographs and journals into living, annotatable digital works with an interactive reader, a resource library and collaborative annotation, so university presses and academic authors can publish and read on infrastructure they control.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Manifold 9.2.0 on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official v9 container images, hardened, fully patched and pinned so it never silently upgrades. On first boot a per-VM administrator, PostgreSQL password and Rails secret are generated into a root-only file, and reader self-registration never grants admin. PostgreSQL full-text search means no Elasticsearch, and it fits a Standard_B2s with no swap. Supported 24/7.

Common uses

  • Publish monographs and journals as living digital editions
  • Read scholarly works in an interactive, annotatable reader
  • Collect and share annotations in reading groups

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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