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Controlling the home from distance can be made via standard web access methods such as the RESTful API.

Different options are available for the implementation of such a service:

I have chosen Mojolicious Lite for its simplicity and the ease of development.

Before all, make sure you have installed an xPL hub.

Install Mojolicious Lite

Mojolicious::Lite can be installed with the standard CPAN method. For Debian and related distributions such as Ubuntu, a dedicated option is to use:

sudo apt install libmojolicious-perl

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-Controlling the home from distance can be made via web access methods such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer#RESTful_web_APIs RESTful] API.
+Controlling the home from distance can be made via standard web access methods
+such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer#RESTful_web_APIs RESTful] API.
+Different options are available for the implementation of such a service:
+* Installing a web server and writing CGI scipts
+* Writing scripts serving a TCP socket and complying to the HTTP scheme
+* Using a framework such as:
+** [https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP::Server::Simple HTTP::Server::Simple]
+** [https://www.mojolicious.org/ Mojolicious]
+I have chosen [https://mojolicious.org/perldoc/Mojolicious/Lite Mojolicious Lite]
+for its simplicity and the ease of development.
 Before all, make sure you have installed an [[install xpl hub|xPL hub]].
+<!--
 = Install a web server =
 Install [https://www.lighttpd.net/ lighttpd] and [http://www.php.net/ PHP]:
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 Browse to the PC and check <code>index.php</code>.
+-->
+= Install Mojolicious Lite =
+[https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Lite Mojolicious::Lite]
+can be installed with the standard [https://www.cpan.org/ CPAN] method.
+For Debian and related distributions such as Ubuntu, a dedicated option is to use:
+ sudo apt install libmojolicious-perl
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