Getting Started
Choose a JABAWS distribution
I want to use JABAWS for... | Quick Guide |
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Running Muptiple Sequence Alignments through Jalview on my own computer | JABAWS Virtual Appliance (VA) |
Running JABAWS for my group, lab, or organization | JABAWS Web Application aRchive (WAR) |
Accessing a JABAWS server from my own code | JABAWS Java Client |
Running JABAWS on your local machine
- Download JABAWS Virtual Appliance (520M)
The Virtual Appliance (VA) package allows you to run a JABAWS server installed on TurnKey Linux as a virtual machine on your laptop or desktop computer. A complete guide to the JABAWS VA is given in the manual, but for the impatient, a brief instructions are given below:
If you work on Windows, Linux or Unix
- download and install VMWare Player.
- Unpack the JABAWS virtual appliance and open it with VMware Player.
If you work on Mac do the same using VMware Fusion, or for free alternative use a WAR JABAWS package.
Testing
The easiest way to test that your JABAWS Virtual appliance is working is to use Jalview.
- Launch the desktop version of Jalview
- Open the Jalview desktop's preferences panel (from the Tools->Preferences menu option), select the Webservices panel and press the New Service URL button.
- Enter the JABAWS URL for your new server. This is shown once the appliance is booted up.