System Requirements - client only!
Self-hosted BlaB! WS Pro client, the websocket server is HOSTED on our servers ($10/mo) or elsewhere!
- Any Linux / Windows host or a shared hosting service with a web server (Apache, Nginx), PHP and MySQL.
- PHP JSON - JSON is bundled from PHP7 on, if you are still running PHP5 - PHP
json
extension enabled. - In case you install PHP on your own server - do not forget to enable PHP
mysqli
extension. - Optional: PHP
fileinfo
extension enabled in order to recognize file types incl. uploaded avatars. - Optional:
php_curl
- required for VPN/ProxyGuard. - Optional:
php_curl
or php.ini allow_url_fopen = On - required for Facebook Login. - Optional:
shell_exec
enabled in php.ini and ffmpeg - required to create thumbnails for voice and video messages.
Not sure what you have? Upload on your webhost a PHP file - info.php
with content <?php phpinfo();?>
and navigate to it with your browser. You'll see a detailed information about your server configuration. CTRL+F and search the page for mysqli
, json
and fileinfo
.
Page updated: 2022-10-05