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System Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- PHP version 5.1.3
- PDO, pdo_mysql, curl (version 7.10.5), and openssl (version 0.9.6) PHP extensions
- MySQL version 4.1
- Apache, IIS, or LiteSpeed Web Server
- ionCube PHP loader
Recommended Requirements
- PHP version 5.2 or later
- PDO, pdo_mysql, curl (version 7.10.5 or later), openssl (version 0.9.6 or later), ldap, mcrypt, gmp, json, imap, libxml, zlib, and simplexml PHP extensions
- MySQL version 5.0 or later
- Apache, IIS, or LiteSpeed Web Server
- ionCube PHP loader
- memory_limit set to 32 MB or greater
Installation
Follow these steps to install Blesta on your server.
- Download Blesta from www.blesta.com/download/
- Unzip the Blesta archive file.
- Upload the contents of the public_html directory to your server where you will be accessing Blesta, and access this directory in your web browser.
- Follow the directions presented to complete your installation.
License Information
If you do not have a license key, you will be able to activate a free trial during the installation process directly. If you have previously purchased a license key, you will be able to enter it during the installation process.
System Configuration
There are a number of configuration settings that may be set before or after installation.
Removing index.php from URLs
To remove index.php edit the .htaccess provided in the root directory of your Blesta installation, to appear as follows:
.htaccess
########################################################
# package: minPHP
# filename: .htaccess
########################################################
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)install.php$ $1/install [R=301,L]
Next, update init.php located in /installpath/lib/init.php as follows:
init.php
define("HTACCESS", true);