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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.launchpad.net/~bzr-pqm/bzr/bzr.dev
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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 smart server
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High-performance server
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The high-performance smart server (hpss) performs certain operations much faster
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than dumb servers are capable of. In future releases, the range of operations
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that are improved by using the smart server will increase as we continue to
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The high-performance server is currently in development. It provides a dumb
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server facility as well as additional capabilities which allow the version of
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bzr that accompanies this documentation to perform some operations much faster
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than via dumb servers. In future releases of bzr the range of operations that
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are improved by using the high-performance server will increase.
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To maintain the highest security possible, the current
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smart server provides read-only access by default. To
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high-performance server provides read-only access by default. To
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enable read-write access, run it with ``--allow-writes``. When using
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the SSH access method, bzr automatically runs with the
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the SSH access method, bzr automatically runs with with the
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``--allow-writes`` option.
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The alternative ways of configuring a smart server are explained below.
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The server can be configured to run in three different ways:
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Using Bazaar over SSH requires no special configuration on the server; so long
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as Bazaar is installed on the server you can use ``bzr+ssh`` URLs, e.g.::
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bzr log bzr+ssh://host/path/to/branch
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If `bzr` is not installed system-wide on the server you may need to explicitly
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tell the local `bzr` where to find the remote `bzr`::
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Using Bazaar over SSH requires no special configuration on the server::
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BZR_REMOTE_PATH=~/bin/bzr bzr log bzr+ssh://host/path/to/branch
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The ``BZR_REMOTE_PATH`` environment variable adjusts how `bzr` will be
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invoked on the remote system. By default, just `bzr` will be invoked,
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which requires the `bzr` executable to be on the default search path. You can
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also set this permanently per-location in ``locations.conf``.
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which requires the `bzr` executable to be on the default search path.
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Like SFTP, paths starting with ``~`` are relative to your home directory, e.g.
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``bzr+ssh://example.com/~/code/proj``. Additionally, paths starting with
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``~user`` will be relative to that user's home directory.
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The ``bzr+ssh://`` URL scheme only supports absolute paths from the
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root of the filesystem. Future versions are expected to support ``~``
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in the same way as ``sftp://`` URLs
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(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/109143).
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This example shows how to run `bzr` with a dedicated user `bzruser`
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for a shared repository in ``/srv/bzr/repo`` which has a branch at
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Running a Bazaar server from inetd requires an inetd.conf entry::
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4155 stream TCP nowait bzruser /usr/bin/bzr /usr/bin/bzr serve --inet --directory=/srv/bzr/repo
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4155 stream tcp nowait bzruser /usr/bin/bzr /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/branchname
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If possible, paths starting with ``~`` and ``~user`` will be expanded as for
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``bzr+ssh``. Home directories outside the ``--directory`` specified to ``bzr
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serve`` will not be accessible.
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This mode has the same path and URL behaviour as the inetd mode. To
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run as a specific user, you should use ``su`` or login as that user.