<p>The &quot;Web server&quot; section of the README explains this briefly:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>By default, Abe expects to be run in a FastCGI environment. For an overview of FastCGI setup, see README-FASTCGI.txt.</p>
<p>To run the built-in HTTP server instead of FastCGI, specify a TCP port and network interface in abe.conf, e.g.:</p>
<pre><code>port 2750
host 127.0.0.1  # or a domain name
</code></pre>
</blockquote>
<p>For personal use, you probably won't want to set up a FastCGI environment (unless you already have one set up). So, you can use the built-in HTTP server using the configuration above. In the above configuration, to talk to Abe you would go to the following URL in your browser:</p>
<pre><code>http://127.0.0.1:2750
</code></pre>
<p>If all goes well, you should see the Abe interface.</p>

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Greg Hewgill
<p>You can also use <a href="https://toshi.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">toshi</a>, for my project it worked better than abe. </p>

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smatthewenglish
<p>To start doing some cool things with this project I suggest you to check out the
<a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe/blob/master/README-MYSQL.txt" rel="nofollow">README-MYSQL.txt</a></p>

<p>After installing all the proper requisites, modify your <code>abe-my.conf</code> to your server settings.</p>

<p>Then in step #7 it says initial data load. Witch, should take a couple of DAYS.</p>

<p>After those steps you can start your web server.</p>

<p>As Greg said, FastCGI is cool option as well. Though, I believe that it is more directed towards python developers. If you are a php guy like me, I would just make my custom applications connect directly to the MySQL database.</p>

<p>I would love to use FastCGI so that I can commit some cool scripts on this project. But, as I am a PHP developer, I rather make the use of Abe as a separate program that interacts with the db and having my APP to deal with that info.</p>

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Colinz
<p>I've downloaded <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe" rel="nofollow">Abe</a> and ran python "<em>setup.py install</em>". There were no errors. But what's next? I didn't find any guidelines on how to run Abe in <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe" rel="nofollow">README</a>.</p>

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I wrote a guide to install this here: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5519/2306
Nick ODell
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How to install Abe?
user13993
# How to install Abe?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-14)

I've downloaded [Abe](https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe) and ran python "*setup.py install*". There were no errors. But what's next? I didn't find any guidelines on how to run Abe in [README](https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe).

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I wrote a guide to install this here: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5519/2306  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-03-16. Score: 1

The "Web server" section of the README explains this briefly:

> By default, Abe expects to be run in a FastCGI environment. For an overview of FastCGI setup, see README-FASTCGI.txt.
>
> To run the built-in HTTP server instead of FastCGI, specify a TCP port and network interface in abe.conf, e.g.:
>
> ```
> port 2750
> host 127.0.0.1  # or a domain name
>
> ```

For personal use, you probably won't want to set up a FastCGI environment (unless you already have one set up). So, you can use the built-in HTTP server using the configuration above. In the above configuration, to talk to Abe you would go to the following URL in your browser:

```
http://127.0.0.1:2750

```

If all goes well, you should see the Abe interface.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-11-05. Score: 1

You can also use [toshi](https://toshi.io/), for my project it worked better than abe.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-04-29. Score: 1

To start doing some cool things with this project I suggest you to check out the
[README-MYSQL.txt](https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe/blob/master/README-MYSQL.txt)

After installing all the proper requisites, modify your `abe-my.conf` to your server settings.

Then in step #7 it says initial data load. Witch, should take a couple of DAYS.

After those steps you can start your web server.

As username_2 said, FastCGI is cool option as well. Though, I believe that it is more directed towards python developers. If you are a php guy like me, I would just make my custom applications connect directly to the MySQL database.

I would love to use FastCGI so that I can commit some cool scripts on this project. But, as I am a PHP developer, I rather make the use of Abe as a separate program that interacts with the db and having my APP to deal with that info.


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