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WARNING! This is installation guide for those who run on private servers or have otherwise access to their php installation and can increase the memory limit to a level where OpenX can confortably run (For techies: php.ini memory_limit must be at 128Mb).

It is possible to install your own php instead of using the one that shared hosting offers, but if you do that, you are responsible for maintaining that php with upgrades and other maintenance. It is not difficult, but it requires a bit of knowledge and isn’t worth the trouble, because at the point you actually benefit from self-hosted OpenX ad server, you probably have your own private server already or multiple even, and can even dedicate one server fully to act as ad server.

If you want to test and use OpenX, I suggest you get a free account and sign up for OpenX Hosted, which has and you don’t have to worry about installations and maintenance of the OpenX itself, but can concentrate on managing your advertising.

Benefits of Having Your Own OpenX ad server

Not much really, unless you have a lot of blogs and websites and you want to manage all the advertising from one interface (and in this case, you can easily have dedicated, private ad server).

Self-hosted OpenX offers you access to the OpenX API of your own server (you know, the advanced stuff), manage all your blog advertising from that one server and of course deliver as many ad impressions as your server can handle..

OpenX Hosted can show up to 100 Million ad impressions per month for free, which is plenty for most blogs. When you reach that level of advertising, you can get your own private server and pay someone to take care of the self-hosted OpenX installations :)

But now, if you need your own ad server or having your own OpenX Server would just make you feel cool, I’ll show you how to install one!

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