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# LinkAhead Server

```{toctree}
:caption: 'LinkAhead Server'
:hidden:
:maxdepth: 3

Server Configuration <configuration.md>
Maintenance <maintenance.md>
Logging <logging.md>
The Fileserver <Fileserver.md>
APIs <apis/index>
Benchmarking LinkAhead <benchmarking.md>
The State Machine <statemachine.md>
Transactions <transaction.md>
HTTP Resources <http_resource.md>
SQL interface <sql_interface.md>
```

The LinkAhead server

- Builds upon the [Restlet](https://restlet.talend.com/) framework to provide a REST interface to
  the network. See the <project:http_resource.md> page for more information.
- Uses an SQL database (MariaDB) as the backend for data storage. This is documented in
  the <project:sql_interface.md> page.
- Has an internal scheduling framework to organize the required backend jobs. Read more on this in
  the <project:transaction.md> page.
- May use a number of authentication providers. Documentation for this is still to come.