Installation/Webserver

To use Dragonfly, the web interface of Bongo, one must have a web server installed, although one can use bongo-standalone, which is documented lower down this page. If you already have a web server installed then you may continue on to the next step.

The two main web servers described here are Apache and lighttpd (note that lighttpd still requires bongo-standalone).

[edit] Instructions for installing a web server

• Apache 2

Apache is a very well-known and stable web server that supports Bongo very well. This is the recommended choice of web server. Bongo makes use of mod_python for integration with Apache.

• lighttpd

lighttpd is a very lightweight and extremely fast web server. It is generally faster than Apache in most fields. However, integration of Bongo into lighttpd isn't the best and bongo-standalone with mod_proxy is required.

[edit] Using bongo-standalone

If you don't use, or don't want to use, Apache for serving Dragonfly pages, you can use bongo-standalone. This is a simple web server that by default listens on port 8080. To use it, first make sure Bongo is running and then follow the appropriate instructions depending on how you installed Bongo:

[edit] Source

sudo $prefix/sbin/bongo-standalone

and then you can visit http://localhost:8080/ in your web browser. Alternatively if you wish to specify a port, use:

sudo $prefix/sbin/bongo-standalone -p PORT

where PORT is the port number you wish to use.

Once this is set up, you should move onto the next page.

[edit] Package

[edit] Debian or Ubuntu

Edit the /etc/default/bongoproject file, changing the value of RUN_STANDALONE. The line in question should read:

RUN_STANDALONE=1

This means that bongo-standalone will be started by default when Bongo is started. Now you must restart Bongo, to activate bongo-standalone:

sudo /etc/init.d/bongoproject restart

Once this is set up, you should move onto the next page.

[edit] Fedora

TODO

Once this is set up, you should move onto the next page.