6.6. Replaying Web Content with Pywb

6.6.1. Accessing the Pywb User Interface

Given that your primary hostname is samp:{<HOST>}, you can use your browser to connect to the Pywb user interface (UI) at http://<HOST>:8080.

6.6.2. Replaying a URL

To view a URL from Pywb:

  1. The Pywb screen provides a list of links to available collections. Click on the top-most collection which should be /lockss.

  2. Enter the URL you want to replay in the URL search box.

  3. Click the Search button.

  4. Replay the most recent URL by clicking on the topmost entry of the third column.

6.6.3. Finding a URL From an AU to Replay

There are multiple ways to discover URLs belonging to an AU in the Configuration Service UI:

  1. Obtaining a URL by clicking on "pages fetched" inside of crawl status

    • In the top-right menu, click Daemon Status.

    • Open the control in the middle of the screen that says Overview and select Crawl Status from the drop down menu.

    • Picking an AU from the active crawls, click on the number associated with Pages Fetched to bring up a list of URLs that have been crawled.

    • Copy one of the URLs and paste it in the Pywb interface as described previously.

  2. Obtaining a Substance URL

    • In the top-right menu, click Daemon Status.

    • Open the control in the middle of the screen that says Overview and select Archival Units from the drop down menu. If prompted, enter your Username and Password again. It will take a bit of time for the next screen to appear while the AU list is being built.

    • Select an AU by clicking on the AU title in the first column.

    • Open the Substance URLs link

    • Copy one of the URLs and paste it in the Pywb interface as described previously.