Installation guide

ZENBU is written as a client/server or web2.0 designed system. It is written in c++ and perl for server-side web services and command line tools while the web clients are written in javascript.

The installation procedure requires several key steps

• phase1: get basic server machine setup: apache, fastcgi, mysql server.

• phase2: compile ZENBU. install all c/c++ and perl libraries

• phase3: configuring the server
  • creating support mysql databases
  • creating support directory structure
  • copy ZENBU html/javascript for apache
  • editing the server configuration file

• phase4: loading data
  • loading new genomes
  • loading data via the command line