Jamroom Minimum Server requirements

Before installing Jamroom on your server, please check your server to see if it meets the Jamroom minimum requirements:

PHP version 4.3.5 or newer (PHP 5.2.x or newer is recommended)

Jamroom requires PHP 4.3.5 or newer to function properly, as it takes advantage of functions only found in PHP from version 4.3.5 and on.  Jamroom is developed and tested on PHP 5 however, and running Jamroom on the latest version of PHP 5.2.x is recommended.

Jamroom also requires the following additional PHP modules be installed:

• GD Image Manipulation Functions (including GIF write support if you want to use GIF images)
• Freetype Font support - Jamroom will use Freetype for creating admin graphs, as well as CAPTCHA image verification.

Most Hosting providers meet these requirements.

Note: Jamroom 3 will NOT work on a PHP server that is running in "Safe Mode".  If your PHP is running in Safe Mode, Jamroom will report an error during the installation process alerting you to the problem.

MySQL Database Server version 4.0 and newer

Jamroom requires MySQL version 4.0 and newer to function properly.  Jamroom also works well on MySQL 5.

Web Server with PHP installed and working

Jamroom is developed and tested primarily on the Apache Web Server, so Apache is the recommended Web Server to run Jamroom on.  Jamroom should work on any web server that is fully capable of supporting PHP (as a module or FastCGI binary) - this includes Microsoft IIS, nginx, lighttpd, XAMPP, etc.

Jamroom works on almost every major Operating System that can support a web server - this includes Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows, etc.

Running Jamroom on a Windows Server

Jamroom will run on a Windows Server, but due to the way Windows works, there are some Jamroom features that may not work on a Windows Server:

• Jamroom Friendly URLs - the Jamroom Friendly URL option will only work on Windows if using the Apache Web Server.
• Jamroom LOFI Creator - the Jamroom LOFI Creator does not work on Windows Servers
• Jamroom Upload Progress Meter - the Jamroom Upload Progress Meter does not work on Windows Servers.
• The "Conversion Server" portion of the Jamroom Cluster and Conversion Server will not work on a Windows Server.

If you have any questions or concerns on whether or not Jamroom is supported on your server, please contact us at support@jamroom.net. 

Note: Jamroom does not work on Yahoo! Hosting - their servers do not allow the creation of "hidden" files (i.e. .htaccess / .htpasswd) which Jamroom uses.  For a list of Hosting Providers that the Jamroom Community recommends "avoiding", please see this list in the Jamroom User Support forum.

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