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Bazaar can also serve branches over protocols that know nothing about Bazaar's
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specific needs. These are called "dumb servers" to distinguish them from
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Bazaar's native protocol. Currently HTTP, FTP, SFTP and HTTP+WebDAV can be
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used to read branches remotely. FTP, SFTP and HTTP+WebDAV can be used for
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writing as well. To use any of these protocols, it is just necessary to
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provide access to the server's filesystem under ``/srv/bzr``.
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For example, for Apache to provide read-only access to the branches
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in ``/srv/bzr`` the configuration may look like this::
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and users could use the URL ``http://server.example.com/code/projectx/trunk``
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to refer to the trunk branch.
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Note that SFTP access is often available whenever there is SSH access and it
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may be a good choice when Bazaar cannot be installed on the server to allow
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``bzr+ssh://`` access. Dumb servers are slower by their very nature than the
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native protocol, but they can be a good choice in situations where the
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software and protocols that can be used on the server or the network is
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Smart server over HTTP(S)
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Bazaar can use its native protocol with HTTP requests. Since HTTP is a network
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protocol that is available on many networks, this can be a good option where
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SSH access is not possible. Another benefit of this setup is that all of the
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authentication and access control methods available to the HTTP server (basic,
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LDAP, ActiveDirectory, etc.) are then available to control access to Bazaar
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branches. More information about setting up this type of access using Apache
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and FastCGI or mod_python or WSGI is in the `smart server section of the User's
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Guide <../user-guide/http_smart_server.html>`_.
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Direct Smart Server Access
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The built-in server that is used by ``bzr+ssh://`` access can also be used as a
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persistent server on a dedicated port. Bazaar's official port is 4155,
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although the port used can be configured. Further information on running the
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Bazaar smart server from inetd, or directly from the shell is in the `User's
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Guide <../user-guide/server.html#inetd>`_. The dedicated Bazaar server does
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not currently perform any authentication, so this server by default provides
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read-only access. It can be run with the ``--allow-writes`` option, but the
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smart server does not do any additional access control so this may allow
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undesired people to make changes to branches. (Which of course can be
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reverted.) If the user that runs the server has write access to the branches
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on the filesystem, then anyone with access to port 4155 on the server can make
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