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= Enabling the API =
The Aggregate Manager API is an additional interface to a ProtoGENI site. It must be explicitly enabled after ProtoGENI is up and running.

 1. The first step is to [http://www.protogeni.net/trac/protogeni/wiki/BecomingAProtoGENISite install ProtoGENI].
 1. Next, edit {{{/etc/rc.conf}}} and add an additional flag to the {{{apache_flags}}}. Find the line that looks like this:
{{{
apache_flags="-DSSL -DPGENI"
}}}
 Add the {{{-DGENI_AM}}} flag so it looks like this:
{{{
apache_flags="-DSSL -DPGENI -DGENI_AM"
}}}
 1. Restart apache:
{{{
sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh restart 
}}}
 1. Test it by running one of the AM test scripts
{{{
cd protogeni/test
am/getversion.py
}}}
 You should see the following result (or similar):
{{{
{'geni_api': 1}
}}}