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−These instructions assume that you have the following working
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−together: Web Server, database and Python.  I personnaly used
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−this configuration for my testing.
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−- Apache Web Server (http://www.apache.org/).  Currently, the
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−  only to restrict access to your code, is to used the web server
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−  authentification.  With apache, I used the AuthType Basic and
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−  Limit/require instruction for doing so.
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−- PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org).  I try to make my code
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−  SQL-92 compliant but currently, only test it on PostgreSQL.  The
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−  code can show strange behavior and be corrupt especially if your
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−  server doesn't support transaction on UPDATE.  Also, the DB must
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−  have a Python DBAPI-2.0 interface.
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−
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−- Python (http://www.python.org).  I used a python installation 2.1
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−  with some basic modules:
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−  - htmltmpl (http://htmltmpl.sourceforge.net/).  A simple HTML
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−    template system.  I always think I should upgrade to a more
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−    powerful one but htmltmpl really simply do the job.
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−  - pygresql (http://www.pygresql.org/).  A Python DBAPI-2.0
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−    interface to postgresql.  I think any other DBAPI-2.0 compliant
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−    module will do it with only small modifications.
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−--
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−xbelweb installation
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−(after untar/unzip the distribution file to a temporary location...)
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−1. Move the python code into a repertory where the web server will serve
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−   the CGI.
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−2. Tell the web server to serve only CGI .py from the root directory
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−   of the application.  The lib and inc directory content should not
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−   be used.  Add any authorization you need.
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−3. Create a database for xbelweb (e.g., "xbelweb"), then create the
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−   tables in the database used by xbelweb using the
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−   ./lib/db/create_db.[your database] definition.  I do it with
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−   psql -U php < create_db.postgresql
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−4. Update the lib/config.py file to reflect your db configuration.
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