It's been awhile since good old NetAcquire had a server up and running. I think part of the reason is that it was Windows only, and part of that reason is that it was hard to keep running.

acquire-server changes that.

I also want to make other clients, like a browser client. The beginnings of a Mongrel2 handler and an example of how to use it are included.

1. Install 0mq if needed.
2. Install the Python bindings for 0mq if needed.
3. Check this repository out.
4. Fire it up: python acquire/run.py
5. Connect to localhost port 31415 with NetAcquire or Acquire.app.

Check the examples directory for how to set up the Mongrel2 handler to get acquire-server to talk over HTTP, and how to set up a configuration file for acquire-server and its frontends.