.. _running:

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Running
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This part of the documentation covers the ways to run PatZilla.
Please read this section carefully.

Running MongoDB
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If the MongoDB database already is running on your machine, you can skip this step.

You can either install and run it system-wide on Debian GNU/Linux::

    apt install mongodb-clients mongodb-server

... or run it ad-hoc in the current working directory::

    mkdir -p ./var/lib/mongodb
    mongod --dbpath=./var/lib/mongodb


Running PatZilla
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Start the web server using the :ref:`configuration` file created before::

    pserve /path/to/patzilla.ini

Then, open http://localhost:6543/navigator/

Have fun!