= Develop directly on the Transition Network Aegir server =

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1. Read up on the [[https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/BOA_Server|BOA Server]], so you know roughly what it's about.
2. Focus especially on the [[https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/BOA_Server#Platform_environments|Platform Environments]] section, so you know the difference between Production, Staging and Development environments.
3. Follow the guidance in the [[https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/BOA_Server/Building_platforms#Using_Aegir|Using Aegir]] section on the Building Platforms page, which talks you through creating a new Platform.  You're creating a '''Development Platform'''.
4. Import the database?
5. Mount your development platform's filesystem on your workstation?