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About the Gallery Server project

Gallery Server is a reusable service layer and OData feed for application galleries. It is used for storing and exposing packages for CMS systems, package managers, etc. Gallery Server functions as the back-end service layer and feed for the Orchard Gallery and NuGet projects. You can use Gallery Server to function as the back-end for your own application gallery, or even to setup your own local instance of another gallery like NuGet. In addition to the OData feed for the contents of the gallery, Gallery Server exposes a REST API for publishing and updating the packages and metadata contained in the gallery.

The Gallery Server project was developed in conjunction with the Orchard Gallery project, which is a front-end implementation that works with a Gallery Server back-end. The Orchard Gallery is under the same open source license as Gallery Server and can be used as a great starting point for setting up your own full featured gallery. However, it is not necessary to use Orchard Gallery as the front-end of a Gallery Server instance. There are a number of configuration settings available in the server that can be customized for your own front-end implementation. Read more about the configuration settings available for Gallery Server.

Getting Started

To get started you can download the source code as a zip file, or clone the repository, by visiting the Source Code tab. Once you've downloaded the source, setup an IIS site or application against the GalleryServer/src/Gallery.Server folder and run the ClickToBuild batch file to build the code. You'll find a ReadMe text file in the root folder which contains more instructions for setting up the server.

Getting involved

If you have a need for a gallery website of your own and would like to use Gallery Server for storing and exposing a feed of packages, you can get involved by joining the Orchard Gallery mailing list and participating in codeplex.com discussions on this site. We are also gathering requirements for future phases of the project and we welcome your input. We accept code contributions as patches, under the same general guidelines as the Orchard Gallery project.

Updated Wiki: Gallery Server Configuration

kevink — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:06:36 GMT

Configuration

There are two configuration files that can be used to customize your instance of the Gallery Server: AppSettings.config and ConnectionStrings.config. When you first download the code, there are two default config files that will be copied to the root of your Gallery.Server project when you first build the project (either by running the ClickToBuild batch file, or compiling the code from Visual Studio).

ConnectionStrings.config

This file simply contains the connection string for the database that will store Gallery Server's data. By default it will be configured to use a SQL CE 4 database called GalleryFeed which will be stored in the App_Data folder of the Gallery Server site. A sample SQL Server connection string is provided but commented out. Note that with SQL CE the entire database will be created automatically the first time the feed is accessed. With SQL Server you need to create an empty database first, but the schema will be automatically created as soon as the feed accessed. In addition, if you change the connection from the default of SQL CE, there is a corresponding setting in the AppSettings.config file that you'll need to change to match (see below).

AppSettings.config

Other than the connection string, this file contains all the settings you'll need to customize the behavior of your instance of the Gallery Server. Each of the settings is described below:

RelativePackageDirectory / RelativeTemporaryDirectory: This is the location where you want to store the physical package files for your gallery. It should be a relative path from the location of your Gallery.Server web app root.
FrontEndWebSiteRoot: This is the URL to the root of your front-end website (e.g. http://nuget.org)
ValidatePackageKeyUri: (more documentation coming...)

Updated Wiki: Gallery Server Configuration

kevink — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:48:56 GMT

Configuration

ConnectionStrings.config

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kevink — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:31:35 GMT

About the Gallery Server project

Getting Started

Getting involved

Updated Wiki: Home

kevink — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:30:45 GMT

About the Gallery Server project

Getting Started

About the Gallery Server project

Getting Started

You can use Gallery Server to function as the back-end for your own application gallery, or even to setup your own local instance of another gallery like NuGet. To get started you can download the source code as a zip file, or clone the repository, by visiting the Source Code tab. Once you've downloaded the source, setup an IIS site or application against the GalleryServer/src/Gallery.Server folder and run the ClickToBuild batch file to build the code. You'll find a ReadMe text file in the root folder which contains more instructions for setting up the server.