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Running a Bazaar Server
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Bazaar does not require a specialised server because it operates over HTTP, FTP
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or SFTP. There is an optional smart server that can be invoked over SSH, from
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inetd, or in a dedicated mode.
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We describe HTTP, FTP, SFTP and HTTP-WebDAV as "dumb" servers because they do
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not offer any assistance to Bazaar. If you make a Bazaar repository available
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over any of these protocols, Bazaar will allow you to read it remotely. Just
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enter the URL to the branch in the Bazaar command you are running.::
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bzr log http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.dev
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Bazaar supports writing over FTP, SFTP and via a plugin over HTTP-WebDAV.
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High performance server
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The high performance server is currently in development. The version of Bazaar
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that accompanies this documentation is able to use the servers underlying
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protocol as a dumb server. This is the first stage high performance server
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functionality to be delivered.
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The current high performance server **always** provides **read/write** access.
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It is not suitable for publishing of read-only mirrors.
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It can be configured to run in three different ways:
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Using Bazaar over SSH requires no special configuration on the server::
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bzr log bzr+ssh://host/~/path/to/branch --remote-bzr-path="~/bin/bzr"
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This example shows how to run `bzr` with a dedicated user `bzruser` for a shared
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repository in `/srv/bzr/repo` which has a branch at `/srv/bzr/repo/branchname`
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Running a Bazaar server from inetd requires an inetd.conf entry::
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1234 stream tcp nowait bzruser /usr/bin/bzr serve --inet --directory=/srv/bzr/repo
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When running client commands, the URL you supply is a `bzr://` URL relative to
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the `--directory` option given in inetd.conf::
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bzr log bzr://host:1234/branchname
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This mode has the same path and URL behaviour as the inetd mode. To run as a
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specific, you should use `su` or login as that user. This example runs bzr
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serve on `localhost` port `1234`.
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bzr serve --port=localhost:1234 --directory=/srv/bzr/repo
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bzr log bzr://host:1234/branchname