So a guy comes up to me and wants to know what the absolute minimum effort to get a Mantissa server running is.

So I tell him:

1. 
   Install Epsilon, Axiom, and Mantissa (You already have Python 2.5, PySQLite2, and Twisted 8.2 installed, right? This step will become “apt-get install python-mantissa” just as soon as we find a debian guy, promise).
   
2. 
   Run axiomatic -d my.axiom mantissa
   
3. 
   Run axiomatic -d my.axiom start -n
   

You now have a Mantissa server up and running. Pretty easy, huh?

Tomorrow: port, SSL, and logfile customization.