So you have heard about nZEDb and want to give it try. The first step is to decide on what platform you want to use to host it. nZEDb is designed to run best on Linux, however you can run it in Windows using XAMPP if you want, for testing or smaller sites.

You can run it on just about any hardware, however if you want to use nZEDb to its maximum potential, a dual core with 3GB of ram will do for smaller sites. Best case is having two separate machines (one to hold the database, and one to host the site and do post-processing) with quad cores and 4GB+ in each. However that is something outside the scope of this wiki.

Once you have decided what hardware and if you want to run it under Windows or Linux, the next step is to start getting things setup. If you want to use Linux and you are just starting to use Linux, Ubuntu 16.04 server is recommended.

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