How to Install Revive Adserver on Windows 11

Revive Adserver is an open-source alternative to Google Ad Manager. It is a platform that allows website owners to serve their own ads on their sites, without the need for a third-party ad network or publisher. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Revive Adserver on Windows 11.

Requirements

• Windows 11 PC with a minimum of 4GB RAM
• Internet connection
• Web server software such as Apache or Nginx installed
• PHP 7.3 or higher installed
• MySQL 5.6 or higher installed

Step 1. Download Revive Adserver

• Visit the official website of Revive Adserver at https://www.revive-adserver.com/
• Click on the "Download" button located in the top menu bar.
• Select the latest version of Revive Adserver and download the zip file.

Step 2. Extract the downloaded files

• Locate the downloaded zip file on your Windows 11 PC.
• Right-click on the zip file and select "Extract All".
• Choose a destination folder where you want to extract the files and click "Extract".

Step 3. Create a MySQL database

• Open the MySQL command line or phpMyAdmin.
• Create a new database by running the command CREATE DATABASE dbname;.
• Create a new user and grant him full privileges for the newly created database by running the command GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dbname.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';.
• Replace dbname, username, and password with your desired values.

Step 4. Configure Apache or Nginx

• Open the configuration file for your web server software (Apache or Nginx).
• Add the following lines to the configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/revive
<Directory /path/to/revive/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name or IP address, and /path/to/revive with the path where you extracted the Revive Adserver files in step 2.

Step 5. Install Revive Adserver

• Open a web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/revive/.
• Click on the "Install" button.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the database connection and admin account.
• After completing the installation, delete the "install" folder from the Revive Adserver directory for security reasons.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install Revive Adserver on Windows 11. Now you can start serving your own ads on your website without relying on third-party ad networks or publishers.

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