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OPERATING AESTIVA TIME AND EXPENSE ON INTRANETS
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If you are running your own computers (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows NT/2000/2003, etc) then you can run Aestiva Time and Expense.
You will need a web server. Use any CGI 1.1 compliant web server (such as Apache, or IIS). Once your web server is set up you can install Aestiva HTML/OS, the engine that runs Aestiva Time and Expense. No database engine is needed since Aestiva HTML/OS includes a maintenance-free, high-performance
database engine. Once HTML/OS is installed other components are
added using the browser-interface built into HTML/OS.
No additional software or hardware is needed. No additional RAM is needed.
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OPERATING AESTIVA TIME AND EXPENSE ON SHARED ACCOUNTS |
If you wish to run Aestiva Time and Expense on a shared account at a hosting provider that provides CGI access, then you will be able to run it.
WARNING: SOME HOSTING PROVIDERS WHO ADVERTISE CGI ACCESS DON'T ALLOW BINARY PROGRAMS TO RUN OUT OF THEIR CGI-BIN FOLDERS. THE COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE (CGI) IS THE WEB STANDARD FOR RUNNING BINARY PROGRAMS. NEVERTHELESS,
THESE HOSTS LIMIT CGI EXECUTION TO NON-BINARY PROGRAMS. THE FALSE
ADVERTISING EXISTS SO YOU WILL WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR HOST (OR ASK
AESTIVA TO CHECK FOR YOU) TO ENSURE PROPER CGI EXECUTION IS POSSIBLE.
Installing Aestiva HTML/OS does not require any server configuration and in general, no communication or support from your server administrator or hosting provider.
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The HTML/OS engine can operate fine with as little as twenty megabytes of RAM. Virtual hosting accounts rarely place limits below this level so if you are operating at a virtual hosting account, it is unlikely you will run into RAM limitation problems.
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We recommend you operate in accounts with at least 200 megabytes of space.
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Aestiva HTML/OS has built-in cgiwrap to protect hosting providers, built-in security so users of Aestiva Time and Expense cannot access other parts of the web server, and low CPU overhead to ensure CPU resources are not overused.
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OPERATING AESTIVA TIME AND EXPENSE ON CO-LOCATED WEB SERVERS
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If you are running a co-located web server then you can operate Aestiva Time and Expense.
Most co-located web servers come pre-installed with an active CGI 1.1 compliant web server such as Apache or IIS. No additional software or hardware is needed. No additional RAM is needed to operate Aestiva HTML/OS.
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