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	1: How to Use Shared Server By: Lane Lester		02/28/09 12:39 PM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
I browsed the downloads, and I'm not sure just what to do. I need to host LAMS on a shared server. In other words, my domain is on a hosting service's server, and I can use FTP to manage the files there. Does the lams-unix-installer-2.2.tar.gz file contain instructions for uploading and installing on a remote machine? If I create an empty MySQL database, like I do for WordPress blogs, will the LAMS software take care of populating it? Lane Posted by Lane Lester

	2: Re: How to Use Shared Server By: Jun-Dir Liew	In response to 1	03/02/09 02:52 AM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
The unix .tar.gz archive's instructions will work if you have SSH access to your remote server. Normally the lams install routine (an executable script inside the .tar.gz archive) will create the mysql database and populate it, you just give it your mysql root password. But there are other considerations if you're using a hosted service: - Does your server have a Sun Java JDK >= 1.5.0? i.e. can it run java applications. These services are less common than PHP servers (for applications like WordPress). - Do you have remote console access to your server? This will allow you to run the installer as mentioned above. Otherwise you'll need JBoss 4.0.2 on your server, to which you can run lams in (this is our equivalent to Apache, which WordPress runs under). Posted by Jun-Dir Liew

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