Dependencies: 0. python (ideally 2.6) 1. couchdb 2. python-couchdb module 3. Tornado 4. python-ldap module 6. python json or simplejson 7. for email capabilities, you need a working smtp capability (sendmail, postfix, gmail, whatever) Settings: 1. customize settings.example.py as appropriate, and rename to settings.py. 2. the first time the app is run, you must run the database file. this will define the views needed to run the app: ./database.py Running 1. ./nasaprofiles.py 2. browse to domain:port (tornado listens on * so it doesnt matter where you connect from)