Requirements

You must make sure that your server meets the minimum requirements for
running Kootali - otherwise your social network website might not even get off the
ground! You don’t have to know what each requirement means or does, but if you
copy and paste it and send it to your host, they will be able to to tell know if
they can run it…

Server Requirements

• Linux Server (some old distributions are not supported)
• Apache
• MySQL (version 5 or higher)
• PHP (version 5 or higher) with following support
  • Freetype
  • Jpeg
  • GD Library 2 or higher
• Mplayer + Mencoder (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html)
• Flvtool2 (http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2)
• .htaccess support (AllowOverride All) for SEF URLS (search engine friendly)

PHP Configuration

• safe_mode = off
• register_globals = off
• open_basedir = (no value)
• output_buffering = on
• upload_max_filesize = 200M (or more)
• post_max_size = 200M (or more)
• max_execution_time = 0
• max_input_time = 6000 (or more)
• memory_limit = 32M (or more)
• error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT
• display_errors = On
• file_uploads = On
• session.gc_maxlifetime = 14000 (or more)

Optional Requirement

• Red5 free and opensource flash media server (optional only if you want to offer online webcam recording option)

Recommended Hosts

 
Checkout our Recommended Hosts page for a list of great hosts that we recommend.