+README
+======
+
+Pithos is a file storage service, built using Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/).
+Consult LICENSE for licensing information.
+
Documentation
-------------
-To build the documentation you need to have Sphinx installed:
-http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
+All docs are in the docs/source directory. The .rst files are perfectly readable in source form.
+
+To build the documentation you need to have Sphinx (http://sphinx.pocoo.org/) installed.
+
+On a typical debian-based Linux system run:
+ apt-get install python-django python-setuptools python-sphinx
+ apt-get install python-sqlalchemy python-psycopg2
-Run:
+Enter the pithos dir, copy settings.py.dist to settings.py.
+
+Then run:
python setup.py build_sphinx
-The documentation will be built in the doc/build/html directory.
+The documentation will be built in the docs/build/html directory.
Also run:
python setup.py build_sphinx -b text
-Then find the plain text version of the docs in doc/build/text.
+Then find the plain text version of the docs in docs/build/text.
Running the server
------------------
-Enter the pithos dir and run:
+Make sure you have all required packages installed:
+ apt-get install python-django python-setuptools python-sphinx
+ apt-get install python-sqlalchemy python-psycopg2
+
+Enter the pithos dir, copy settings.py.dist to settings.py.
+
+Then run:
+ python manage.py syncdb
+ python manage.py loaddata aai/fixtures/auth_test_data.json (to load sample users)
python manage.py runserver
This server is useful during development, but should not be used for deployment.
+To deploy Pithos using Apache, take a look at the Administrator Guide in docs.