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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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The requirements:
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The design and implementation are tailored by the following intentions:
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* Implement the initial server in a [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/0.1/Roadmap|short period of time]];
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* Implementation should be as lightweight as possible to run all components on restricted hardware like XO laptops;
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* Server should work on [[Deployment_Team/Peru/Puno#The_problem|XO laptops]];
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* Minimize any maintaining costs as much as possible to use Sugar Network in environments like offline schools where the only maintainers are not IT skilled people;
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* System should support synchronisation between distributed servers and provide full featured text search.
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* Assume decentralization scheme when Sugar Network nodes might be started on different servers with further online or offline synchronization with the master.
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That's why using [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/Active_Document|Active Document]] to:
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To accomplish above tasks, Sugar Network content is handled by the [[Platform_Team/Active_Document|active-document]] library which uses Xapian to index content and simple filesystem storage (might be changed in the future).
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* Server should be as simple/lightweight as possible;
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Sugar Network is represented by two major applications to run on Sugar Network node or users side:
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* No SQL, just NoSQL;
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* Since server should support full featured text search, use Xapian and keep it as a "NoSQL replacement" with storing data directly in files system;
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* If server will start serving users from the Internet and current implementation won't manage to handle multiple requests, another implementation might be created.
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All [[Sugar_Network/Concept#Resources|resources]] are being represented as Active Document's classes, resource objects as Active Document's objects.
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* [[#sugar-network-node|sugar-network-node]], and,
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* [[#sugar-network-client|sugar-network-client]].
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== Usage ==
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In both cases, applications provide RESTful [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/API|API]] as the only access point for outer usage. Any end users related functionality implemented in Sugar Network [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network#Clients|clients]] on top of API providers.
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=== Public instance ===
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== sugar-network-node ==
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Testing instance is {{Code|api.network.sugarlabs.org}}. It support HTTPS connections using StartSSL certificate.
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== sugar-network-client ==
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Add the {{Code|18.85.44.120 api.network.sugarlabs.org}} IP to {{Code|/etc/hosts}} file and use http://api.network.sugarlabs.org:8000 as connection url.
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== Usage ==
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=== Local instance ===
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Attach [http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/Server:/Factory/ Server:Factory] repository. For Ubuntu repositories, download GPG key:
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wget -qO- <REPO-URL>/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
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And install {{Code|sugar-network-server}} package.
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To see current configuration:
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sugar-network-server config
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Default configuration is (tweak {{Code|/etc/sugar-network-server.conf}} file to change it):
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* server listens {{Code|0.0.0.0:8000}} address;
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* database in {{Code|/var/lib/sugar-network}} directory;
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* log directory in {{Code|/var/log/sugar-network}}.
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To start server:
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/etc/init.d/sugar-network-server start
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To simplify testing, untar example [http://people.sugarlabs.org/~alsroot/db.tar.xz db data] to {{Code|/var/lib/sugar-network}} and restart server (it will take some time to create indexes).
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== Features ==
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=== Collecting usage statics ===
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Install ''sugar-network'' package from the Factory repository from [[Sweets Distribution]] or checkout sources from [http://git.sugarlabs.org/network Gitorious]:
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Server will accept [[Platform_Team/Usage_Statistics|usage statistics]] from clients (and, for master server, from nodes) and will keep them in {{Code|--stats-root}} directory.
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git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/network/network.git --recurse-submodules
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== Todo ==
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== See Also ==
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* Network notifications framework to, e.g., let client cache resources and refetch them only on updates. Reuse existing or implement something similar to Facebook's [http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/realtime/ real-time updates].
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* Sugar Network [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/API|API]].
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* Support collaborative work on Wiki pages for different resources.
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* Distribution [[Sugar_Network#Try_it|options]].
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* Sugar Network [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network#Clients|clients]].
    
== Getting involved ==
 
== Getting involved ==
    
{{:Sugar_Network/Feedback}}
 
{{:Sugar_Network/Feedback}}
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* [[Sugar Server Kit]]'s [http://git.sugarlabs.org/server Gitorious project] for server side libraries.
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* Sugar Network's [http://git.sugarlabs.org/network Gitorious projects] itself.
 
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