Hi Galaxy Admin list, This is my first post to this list. Galaxy is a great tool and I am really enjoying working with it. Background, I am setting up a private galaxy instance for my company using AWS. The installation is going very smoothly with a few problems listed below. I apologize if these questions have been asked before. I have been through the documentation and searched the list pretty thoroughly and can't find the answers. Thanks in advance for your help. Question 1: Can't install tools in the tool shed I have added this line to the universe_wsgi.ini tool_config_file = tool_conf.xml,shed_tool_conf.xml Which references a file that contains this tag: <toolbox tool_path="../shed_tools"> </toolbox> I have created this directory at the correct level and set permission to 755. But I am still getting a non specific error loading tools. I saw that this was (is?) a known issue, but that it had been resolved in the latest build. What am I missing? The log does not give me any more specific information about the error. Any suggestions? Question 2: Weird log error. Every minute the log records this error: galaxy.web.framework DEBUG 2013-03-07 13:07:42,207 Error: this request returned None from get_history(): http://127.0.0.1:8080/root 127.0.0.1 - - [07/Mar/2013:13:07:42 +0000] "GET /root HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Python-urllib/2.6" Is this a known issue? How can I find more information about what is causing it? Question 3: Correct Settings: My intent is to allow employees to access galaxy remotely without allowing public access. In order to keep the data private, I have set: require_login = True allow_user_creation = False Other than the id_secret setting (which I am currently researching) are there any big security holes I am missing with the default installation? Thanks again for the help. Adam