Learn about the basic requirements to get a Mambo site up and running.

First you must have the base environment for Mambo. We have thoroughly tested Mambo on: Linux, Free BSD, Mac OS X and Windows NT/2000/XP. Linux or one of the BSD's are recommended, but anything else that can run the 3 pieces of software listed below should do it.

Apache -> http://www.apache.org

MySQL -> http://www.mysql.com

PHP (version 4.1.2 or higher) -> http://www.php.net

There are several bundled distributions of Apache/MySQL/PHP available at sourceforge.net

SERVER CONFIGURATION

You MUST ensure that PHP has been compiled with support for MySQL and Zlib in order to successfully run Mambo.

While we have reports that Mambo works on IIS server we recommend Apache for running Mambo on Windows.

OPTIONAL COMPONENTS

If you want support for SEF URLs, you'll need mod_rewrite and the ability to use local .htaccess files.