These instructions assume that you have the following working

together: Web Server, database and Python.  I personnaly used

this configuration for my testing.

- Apache Web Server (http://www.apache.org/).  Currently, the

  only to restrict access to your code, is to used the web server

  authentification.  With apache, I used the AuthType Basic and

  Limit/require instruction for doing so.

- PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org).  I try to make my code

  SQL-92 compliant but currently, only test it on PostgreSQL.  The

  code can show strange behavior and be corrupt especially if your

  server doesn't support transaction on UPDATE.  Also, the DB must

  have a Python DBAPI-2.0 interface.

- Python (http://www.python.org).  I used a python installation 2.1

  with some basic modules:

  - htmltmpl (http://htmltmpl.sourceforge.net/).  A simple HTML

    template system.  I always think I should upgrade to a more

    powerful one but htmltmpl really simply do the job.

  - pygresql (http://www.pygresql.org/).  A Python DBAPI-2.0

    interface to postgresql.  I think any other DBAPI-2.0 compliant

    module will do it with only small modifications.

  - xbel-utils.  A part of python-xml to manipulate XBEL XML files.

    Only necessary if you want the XBEL files import feature.

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xbelweb installation

(after untar/unzip the distribution file to a temporary location...)

1. Move the python code into a repertory where the web server will serve

   the CGI.

2. Tell the web server to serve only CGI .py from the root directory

   of the application.  The lib and templates directory content should not

   be used.  Add any authorization you need.

3. Create a database for xbelweb (e.g., "xbelweb"), then create the

   tables in the database used by xbelweb using the

   ./lib/db/create_db.[your database] definition.  I do it with

   psql -U php < create_db.postgresql

4. Update the lib/config.py file to reflect your db configuration.