Software Requirements
Please verify the following programs are installed.
Your host can install any missing or out-of-date programs.
- Linux or Unix, including BSD, Macintosh OS X, and Darwin
- Apache
- Must not use mod_security
- Must not use Safe Mode
- Must have FollowSymLinks enabled in Apache for your NATS install.
- MySQL version 5.0; we prefer MySQL version 5.1 for its database partitioning capability. Future versions of NATS4 will require MySQL 5.1.
- MySQL must also be accessible from the CLI, which may require changes to the my.cnf file
- Ensure that NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION is enabled
- MaxMind GeoIP. You must have at least the free version. Must install mod_geoip
- PHP 5.2.
- Enable
short_open_tag in your server's php.ini
- PHP CLI (should be the same version used by apache and should use the same php.ini)
- Apache and the CLI must allow exec commands from PHP
- must have cURL, FreeType with Open SSL, GDlib, and mcrypt (with blowfish and ecb support) included)
- Must not use Safe Mode
- unzip must be installed in /usr/bin/
- CVS
- Ensure your firewall doesn't block port 2401
- GNU Tar with Gzip
- Ioncube
- If possible ensure the "enable_dl" setting is turned on in php.ini
Server Requirements
NATS requires a Web-accessible domain. It should be the domain you plan
on using permanently. For example: nats.example.com. Your domain must
be Web-accessible before we start installing NATS.
We also require secure shell (SSH) access. Please give us access to the
same account you use to log in to the server. The account must be
allowed to create files and folders in your user directory and replace
the Apache VirtualHost directory with a symlink to your user directory.
The user account must also be able to create a crontab entry.
Please create a new database in the current MySQL
server. Grant all access to that database to a username and password of
your choosing. Commands to create a database and grant all access to a
specific user can be found in the
MySQL documentation.
Please remove any server administration software. Server administration
software might break NATS. We cannot support NATS issues arising from
the interaction with server administration software.
Dedicated Server Required
For numerous reasons, NATS will not be installed on a shared server (this includes VPS systems). Performance issues, load issues, permissions issues, and directory restriction issues are just some of the potential reasons why it has been determined that NATS installations on a shared server cannot realistically be done. It's also common that shared servers will use control panel programs and/or have too many restrictions on functionality to operate properly or predictably.
Installation Information
After you server meets the above requirements, please send us the
following information:
- The SSH server IP or host address
- The SSH username
- The SSH password
- The SSH port
- The MySQL host name (even if its localhost, please specify)
- The MySQL database name
- The MySQL username
- The MySQL password
- The NATS admin and affiliate area domain
- The Apache document root for the above domain
- Please give us written permission to overwrite the contents of this directory
- What type of encoding to use: Ioncube (preferred) or Zend
We will email the above instructions to you after you purchase NATS.
Please contact us if you have any
questions even before your installation begins. You host can help you
with any questions you have about the software on this list.
