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<title>Setting up a data server</title>
<h2>Setting up a data server</h2>
<p>
The BOINC data server is implemented using Apache
or a similar web server.
It is used both to upload and to download files.
File download is handled by the web server, using GET operations.
File upload is done by a CGI program, <b>file_upload_handler</b>.
The host need not have access to the BOINC database.
<p>
You must copy the file upload authentication key
to each data server.
<p>
The file upload handler uses a configuration of
the same format as used by the
<a href=sched_server_setup.html>scheduling server</a>.
<h3>Web server configuration</h3>
<p>
You must edit your web server configuration file
to allow access to the download directory
and to the file-upload CGI program.
For example, the addition to Apache's httpd.conf might be:
<pre>
Alias /barry/ "/users/barry/"
&lt;Directory "/users/barry/">
Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Alias from all
&lt;/Directory>
ScriptAlias /boinc-cgi/ "/users/barry/cgi/"
&lt;Directory "/users/barry/cgi/">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
&lt;/Directory>
</pre>