System Requirements

FestOS runs on a Linux or Windows web server running either Apache or IIS. FestOS requires the following:

Core System Requirements

• PHP version 5.x+ with these options:
  • GD2 module enabled
  • php_curl module enabled for PayPal and Authorize.net payment modules
  • allow_url_fopen = On (enabled) for PayPal payment module
  • Register global off
  • Safe mode off
  • File uploads permitted
• MySQL 4.x+
• Approx. 15 MB free space for the FestOS files
• Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer 7/8 with JavaScript enabled for FestOS administration. Users of your site don't have to have JavaScript enabled and should be able to use any browser.At least there are no specific FestOS-imposed requirements on users.

Additionally, you will need to set a couple of directories and their contents to be writable by PHP. On Windows/IIS this is automatic. On Linux, you will need to set 777 permissions. See the installation notes in the wiki for more info.

You might be able to run FestOS on a PHP 4 system, but you won't be able to use the PayPal or Authorize.net modules. Other features might not work.

Real World Storage Space Requirements

Database space: Most of the data for your site will be stored in your database. Yet that information takes up very little room. An active FestOS database, storing the information for a couple of hundred applicants will consume only a few MB of MySQL database space.

Disk space: Applicants to your festival will be prompted to upload up to four digital photos. Small "thumbnail" versions of those photos are created and stored on your web server. Some reports also create temporary, smaller versions of those photos. One (1) MB of disk space per applicant is usually sufficient and typically you will require only about half that.

In addition, you will need space to store your web pages, templates, images, photos, PDF application forms, etc. that are not part of the FestOS system. In sum, a hosting package offering 100-200 MB of disk space is probably sufficient, more disk space will certainly give you the room to grow, save more applications from year to year, and so forth.