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Instructions to get the open source AdWhirl server up and running.
Updated Sep 17, 2010 by jpin...@google.com

Introduction

Getting the server up and running isn't the most difficult task, but it definitely isn't trivial either.

Details

Before you do any of this, make sure you have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. Your two options for instructions:

  • The prettier, although less frequently updated, PDF
  • The up-to-date and accurate text README in the repository

The instructions refer to a prebuilt AMI. The details for the latest version are below:

  • AMI ID: ami-ca54bea3
  • Manifest: adwhirl-ami/image.manifest.xml

Comment by thesitef...@gmail.com, Aug 22, 2010

The best advertising in the world

Comment by andy.tri...@gmail.com, Sep 3, 2010

is there a new AMI ID since the servers repo has been renamed?

Comment by kimle...@gmail.com, Oct 6, 2010

I can't get my server running. It's mainly complaining the domain doesn't exist. ie "users" domain. Do I need to do something with the Manifest? I don't see that being used anywhere in the instruction.

Comment by project member jpin...@google.com, Oct 7, 2010

Domains are the SDB equivilant of MySQL databases. You can create these manually in your AWS account, or run the setupSdbDomains() method in Invoker.java. I'll make this more clear in the README.

Comment by wou...@gmail.com, Jan 11, 2011

I can't run the server in my linux server not in Amazon Web Services. Is it right ?

Comment by project member jpin...@google.com, Jan 12, 2011

You can run AdWhirl? in any environment that has Java, however, it is best to run in AWS as you will likely incur significant data transfer costs otherwise.

Comment by project member jpin...@google.com, Mar 16, 2011

That ami (ami-ca54bea3) is still correct. I just double-checked and made sure that it is public. Maybe there was some temporary glitch?

Comment by mike24...@gmail.com, Apr 15, 2011

what do you mean by sigifigant data costs?

running on my own linux vps with 1TB transfer for $10 a month seems way cheaper than that would be on AWS so i am confused why AWS is better?

Comment by project member jpin...@google.com, Apr 15, 2011

You have a vps with 1TB transfer for $10/month? Where is the world did you find that find of deal?

Also, the transfer costs I mentioned are the costs that AWS will impose on you, in addition to your normal transfer costs. Data transfer within AWS's is free, but AWS will charge you for SDB data that goes out of their network.

Comment by tbran...@gmail.com, Apr 29, 2011

It looks like when I bundled the AMI it didn't save my mounted directories - my bad. Try running the following two commands and restarting the webserver.

I've added this to the README as well.

mkdir /var/www/html

mount --bind /root/adwhirl-servers-website /var/www/html

- Justin

Comment by chyang...@gmail.com, Jun 15, 2011

Is the ami(ami-ca54bea3) still working? I always got a message "Client.AuthFailure?: Not authorized for images: [ami-ca54bea3]" when trying to run the instance of the ami.

Comment by project member wesgood...@google.com, Jun 16, 2011

Looks like someone accidentally switched the visibility to private. I've gone ahead and made it public again.

Comment by ipteleph...@gmail.com, Jul 25, 2011

Hi all,

I just set up adwhirl server on AWS. The server started without error, and I was able to sign up for an account (my user ID showed up in SDB domain users_unverified). But, I never receive the verification email. Is this related to the old spam blocking issue? Is there a workaround, say can I manually activate my own account?

Comment by project member wesgood...@google.com, Jul 26, 2011

Yes, you can manually activate your account by emulating the confirmUser function in UserUtil?: http://code.google.com/p/adwhirl/source/browse/inc/class/UserUtil.php?repo=servers-website

Comment by hemant.c...@gmail.com, Mar 5, 2012

where can i download the website source code. In download section there are sdk for Android and no downloads available for server website

Comment by nurhusie...@gmail.com, Mar 6, 2012

find public website serves

Comment by project member nigelc...@google.com, Mar 6, 2012

@hemant.chaudhari : please follow the instructions for cloning the source code to your computer here, using hg: http://code.google.com/p/adwhirl/source/checkout?repo=servers-website

We don't have downloadable packages for the web site source. But cloning is essentially the same as downloading.


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