# Documentation for administrator

**URL:** <https://datashield.discourse.group/t/documentation-for-administrator/404>\
**Category:** Beginner Support\
**Created:** [14 June 2021 10:33 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/documentation-for-administrator/404 "2021-06-14T10:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![omatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b782af/32.png) [@omatt](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/omatt)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2021 10:33 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/documentation-for-administrator/404/1 "2021-06-14T10:33:46Z")

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Hi,

I’m a newcomer here, I’m a sysadmin in my local university and need to configure a server for datashield. (mainly such that our security officer and scientist can check the solution)

In the opal documentation, they make reference to “Datashield Documentation for Administrator”. But I do not find such page/section anywhere. So far it seems that I lack some documentation to make the product working (opal and rock are working but it seems that Datashield is not discover by opal).

Thanks,

Olivier

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**Author:** ![yannick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/yannick/32/19_2.png) [@yannick](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/yannick)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2021 12:41 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/documentation-for-administrator/404/2 "2021-06-14T12:41:17Z")

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Hi,

I guess that if Opal+Rock servers are running, you have already read:

- [https://opaldoc.obiba.org/](https://opaldoc.obiba.org/)
- [https://rockdoc.obiba.org/](https://rockdoc.obiba.org/)

More specifically there is a DataSHIELD administration section in Opal’s doc: [https://opaldoc.obiba.org/en/latest/web-user-guide/administration/datashield.html](https://opaldoc.obiba.org/en/latest/web-user-guide/administration/datashield.html)

If the installation of the DataSHIELD packages (such as dsBase) fails, you need to check your R installation (server side).

For an easier R server maintenance, please consider using Docker, instead of a native package: [https://rockdoc.obiba.org/en/latest/admin/installation.html#docker-image-installation](https://rockdoc.obiba.org/en/latest/admin/installation.html#docker-image-installation) There is also a Rock docker image that already contains dsBase: [https://hub.docker.com/r/datashield/rock-base](https://hub.docker.com/r/datashield/rock-base)

Hope this helps  
Yannick

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**Author:** ![swheater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/swheater/32/182_2.png) [@swheater](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/swheater)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2021 16:18 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/documentation-for-administrator/404/3 "2021-06-14T16:18:51Z")

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Olivier, I am very interested in knowing the types of question your our security officer and scientist are asking. I hope to create a set of documents which will make such conversations easier.

At present the only such document I have is a “Architectural Description - Risk Assessment”.

Stuart