Package wwwblast-2.2.9-2

This standalone WWW BLAST server suite of programs was designed similar to the regular NCBI BLAST server and such command-line NCBI BLAST programs like "blastall", "blastpgp", "rpsblast" and "megablast". It incorporates most features, which exist in NCBI BLAST programs and should be relatively easy to use. This server does not support any request queuing and load balancing. As soon as the user hits a "Search" button, BLAST starts immediately if entered information is valid. So, this server is not intended to handle large load, which may exist in public service. Such queueing and loadbalancing however may be implemented using such products as Load Sharing Facility - "LSF" from Platform Computing Corporation. Interface to "LSF" was implemented in NCBI, however this was not included in this suite. Standalone server assumes that users have their own BLAST or RPS-BLAST database(s), that should be searched and want to have a simple WWW interface to such search. It is STRONLY recommended that user has experience in installation and running standalone NCBI BLAST programs.

**************************************** For wwwblast to work, you must edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf. Change \"Timeout 300\" to \"Timeout 3600\". Uncomment the following three lines: LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/httpd/mod_vhost_alias.so AddModule mod_vhost_alias.c AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Add the following two sections in the appropriate places: <Directory /sw/share/wwwblast> Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName blast.your.domain DocumentRoot /sw/share/wwwblast </VirtualHost> Also, you will have to add the host blast.your.domain to NetInfo: sudo niload hosts / <<- 127.0.0.1 blast.your.domain - where \"your.domain\" is the name of your domain and then restart apache: sudo apachectl restart **************************************** To demonstrate wwwblast, point your browser to: http://blast.your.domain/ **************************************** To make wwwblast site specific, run: sudo /sw/share/wwwblast/config.pl This creates a blast.rc and a psiblast.rc file in the /sw/share/wwwblast directory. You may adjust the number of processors in these rc files. It also creates aa.html and nt.html files in this directory. You can then cut and paste the <option> entries from these html files into the corresponding place in blast.html, megablast.html, and psiblast.html (overwriting the <option> for test_aa_db and test_na_db). For more information, see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/