Open Source Social Network #
Open Source Social Network is the software to create your social Website without any technical knowledge and skill. It is open-source that means anyone can use it to develop an open-source social website for their community or friends. It is built on PHP and very easy to use. OSSN is used for building many social apps. It also has a premium version for more features and themes. You can use any of it for your use.
Uses of Open Source Social Network #
- Private Intranets
- Public/Open Networks
- Community
System Requirements for Open Sorce Social Network #
For installation of OSSN on your system must follow some requirements of an open-source social network
- PHP:
- version 5.4 and above.
- MySQL:
- version 5 and above.
- Operating system:
- Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac.
- Web server:
- Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd.
Installation of open source social network #
Installation of OSSN has 2 methods you can choose any one of them for installation of OSSN. the methods are as follows
- Installation using softaculous app installer
- Manual installation
Installation using softaculous app installer #
Step1: login to your hostrik hosting Cpanel account then, go to the software section and click on softaculous app installer, softaculous app installer window will open
Step2: search Open Source Social Network in the search box of softaculous app installer and press enter, installation window of OSSN will open click on install.
Step3: in the software setup section select the protocol for your social website (HTTP:// or HTTPS://) and then select the domain and directory for installation. Below that select the directory to store the data of the website.
Step4: in the site, the setting gives the name of the site and goes to the next step.
Step5: in the admin account setting fill the information which is necessary for the admin account creation, give the (username password of the admin account and also give the first name last name and give the gender and birthdate of the admin and then give the email for it.)
Step6: in advance, the section selects the backup for the social website. And click on install. this is the method to install OSSN using a softaculous app installer.
Manual installation #
For installation of OSSN manually you have to follow some steps, the steps are divided into 3 parts
- File configuration
- Database creation
- OSSN configuration.
File configuration
Step1: go to the official website of the open-source social network and download the OSSN from the download section.
Step2: login to the Cpanel of your hostrik hosting and go to the file manage section, click on the file manager section and upload the file in the public_html and extract the file. In that folder.
Database creation
Step1: go to the database section of the Cpanel and click on MySQL Database and create the new database by giving the name to the database. And click create database.
Step2: then create a user for the database by giving a username and password, click on create user,
Step3: then click on add user and give all privileges to the user by clicking all privileges.
OSSN configuration.
Step1: go to the URL of the installation OSSN you will see the installation requirement for the OSSN.then click on next.
Step2: you will see the license of Open Source Social Network scroll below and read all the information and then. Click on continue.
Step3: in the next window configure the database that you are created in the above step.
Step4: then fill in the information that is required for the account creation of the admin. Also, give the site name.
Step5: click on finish to complete the installation.
these are the 2 methods to install an open source social network, using a softaculous app installer and manual installation method.