Developer guide

Start from a working Server. Make the smallest change you can prove, test it in isolation, then run it through the real product path before calling it done. These guides assume a source checkout and permission to touch a named development environment — to run a packaged Server instead, use the Administrator guide.

Guides

• Run OpenCircle from source — reuse a claimed daily-driver instance or spin up a clean named one.
• Run a claimed development instance — attach a checkout to an instance that already has an owner and a working model.
• Test a source change — move from a focused test to disposable database tests to real product acceptance.
• Database migration safety — reconcile migration history with a database you actually care about.