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Ganymede Release 2.0
6 August 2014
README
---------------------------------------------
Greetings. Ganymede is a Java-based network directory management
software system we at the Computer Science Division of ARL:UT have
been developing since 1995. It is licensed under the GNU General
Public License (GPL), version 2.
This release includes:
The Ganymede server, an extendable object database and application
server that supports custom Java plug-ins for object types held in
the database and for tasks that can be run in the server to do
directory propagation to NIS, DNS, and the like.
A full-featured graphical Ganymede client, providing a convenient
Explorer-like interface to all operations supported by the server.
A GUI Administration Console, which can be used to monitor
the server's operations, and to modify the design of the database
held in the server.
Comprehensive documentation on all classes and methods comprising
the server and the primary client.
Source code for the 'ClientBase', a class which can be used as the
core module of any custom Ganymede client.
Templates for running the admin console and primary client off of
a Java-enabled web browser.
Full source code for everything.
Things you will need to get started:
A Java 6 or better compliant JVM to run the server, client, and
admin console.
Perl 5 to run the install scripts, and Ant version 1.8 or later to
build the software.
A web server to provide the clients to your users for remote
execution.
--
You can always find Ganymede at the Ganymede web site:
http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/
as well as via ftp:
ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/ganymede/
and you can even get direct access to our Git repository. The repository
can be pulled from
http://git.arlut.utexas.edu/ganymede
or you can browse the repository using gitweb via
http://git.arlut.utexas.edu/?p=ganymede
You can also fork Ganymede on GitHub! Our repo is at
https://github.com/jonabbey/Ganymede
--
Ganymede's a big system with a big source base, and if you're at all
serious about working with it, I expect you'll want to chat with us
about it.
We strongly encourage you to participate in the Ganymede forums
through our web site at https://tools.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/forum.php
and to discuss issues with us there, so that others can benefit from
the discussion.
If you're interested in developing on Ganymede, please send us a note
at [email protected], or you can fork Ganymede and
submit patches through GitHub
Thanks,
Jonathan Abbey - Ganymede Guy