Application Server

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Now that you know a little bit about Oxygen Platform, you're probably eager to start building an Oxygen application. You maybe already checked out the Oxygen API which provides full access to the Oxygen platform backend. Using the Oxygen Application Server you can now embed your Application into the Oxygen Management Suite User Interface and provide a streamlined user experience to your users. You can get a basic application up and running in minutes.

Before we begin, there are a few things you need to know. In order to create a Oxygen application, you should know or need the following:

• You should be well versed in PHP, .NET or some other coding language — such as Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, or Python — especially one that has a client library (For .Net you can use our Oxygen .Net Client Library)
• You need to have a basic understanding of the Internet, SSH, SQL, and Unix
• You need to be familiar with Web hosting fundamentals and have a place to host your application. You can read some fundamentals about hosting here.

Now you're ready to get started! You can read in depth instructions on the Oxygen Wiki, but this outline here should give you good enough idea to get you going.

[edit] Setting Up Your Application

1. First you need to log in to the Oxygen Management Suite:At the top navigation bar go to the Admin Tab (make sure you have administrator rights) After following the link, click “Applications” Button on the left side.

2. Begin setting up a new application. Click “+” to add a new Application. Give your application a name, then click Ok.

3. Now we need to configure a few more settings before we can get into the code. Have a look at the richt properties pane of your Application.

4. Enter a Application URL. This is the address where your application lives on your server, or the server where the application is being hosted.

5. You want users to be able to use your application, so select “Puplic” at “Viewable”

6. Believe it or not, this is all we really need to get a simple application ready to go. Click "Save".

[edit] Configuring Your Application on Your Host

Before you configure your application on your server, you need to make sure your server is ready to host a Oxygen application.

Once your host is configured, you can copy the sample code to the server:

1. Your application is ready for testing. Click on the Button of your application at the Oxygen Management Suite Top Navigation Bar.

2. You should see a page containing your application.

And that's it. This was a simple demonstration on how to quickly build a Oxygen application. It demonstrated some basic Oxygen Platform concepts, as well as the Oxygen API.

[edit] Need Help or Have Questions?

Oxygen Platform is constantly evolving, so you need to keep up with the changes. The best ways to keep up with what we're doing is to:

• Check this Documentation and the Forum.
• Keep an eye on the Oxygen Status blog. The Status blog runs all our major announcements. You can subscribe to the blog here.

Finally, every once in a while we push our code out to our developers before we release it to our users, so you can test your application against the new changes. Contact us for access.