Getting Started
+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 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) | +Running JABAWS on the cloud, for one or many users | +JABAWS on the Amazon cloud |
| Accessing a JABAWS server from my own code | -JABAWS Java Client | +Running JABAWS for my group, lab, or organization on the local infrastructure | +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) +
- Download JABAWS Virtual Appliance (520M)
- download and install VMWare Player.
- Unpack the JABAWS virtual appliance and open it with VMware Player.
- download and install Virtual Box. -
- Unpack the JABAWS virtual appliance, import it into VirtualBox and then start the appliance. -
- Launch the desktop version of 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.
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: +
+ 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
If you use a Mac, or prefer not to use VMWare, then :
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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.
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To check that your JABAWS virtual appliance is working visit the Services Status page available from the main JABAWS menu. For this enter the JABAWS URL for your new server into a web browser. This is shown once the appliance is booted up.
+Alternatively you can use Jalview to complete the testing.
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