What is OpenX Ad Server?

-- OpenX Ad Server is an ad server, created and published by the British-American company OpenX.org. It is a system that can be used to manage and optimize the advertising space on one or more websites. It is a tool for web site owners (called ‘publishers’ in the online advertising industry) but also for organizations running their own ad network. It can even be used by advertisers to manage and measure the ads that they display on their distribution of sites and/or ad networks.

Step: 1. Bind Host File :

# vi /etc/hosts

10.100.97.40    ad.domain.com     ad

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 2. Disable Selinux & Stop Iptables (This Is For On CentOS/RHEL Server) :

# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

SELINUX=disabled

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

# service iptables stop
# chkconfig iptables off

Step: 3. Rebbot the System :

# init 6

Step: 4. Install Apache Server :

# yum -y install httpd httpd-devel wget

Step: 5. Edit httpd.conf file :

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

#ServerName www.example.com:80

-- Add this Line:

ServerName ip_address_of_server:80

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 6. Download & Extract Ad Server Package :
 
# cd /var/www/html
# wget http://download.revive-adserver.com/revive-adserver-3.0.2.zip
# unzip revive-adserver-3.0.2.zip
# mv revive-adserver-3.0.2 adserver
# chmod -Rf 775 adserver

Step: 7. Edit the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf File :

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add those Lines :

<Directory /var/www/html/adserver>
    Options -Indexes +Multiviews
       DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from all
</Directory>

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 8. Install MySQL Database Server :

# yum -y install mysql mysql-server

Step: 9. Start Mysqld Service & Set MySQL Root Password :

# service mysqld start
# chkconfig mysqld on

# mysql_secure_installation

-- Press "Enter".
-- Type "Y" & Press "Enter".
-- Give the Root Password & Press "Enter".
-- Type "Y" & Press "Enter".
-- Type "N" & Press "Enter".
-- Type "Y" & Press "Enter".
-- Type "Y" & Press "Enter".

Step: 10. Create Database for Openx :

# mysql -u root -p
Give root Password: redhat

Mysql> create database revivedb character set utf8;
Mysql> grant all privileges on revivedb.* to 'revive'@'localhost' identified by '0p3nx123';
Mysql> flush privileges;
Mysql> exit

Step: 11. Install EPEL Repository :

# yum -y install epel-release

Step: 12. Install PHP5 Scripting Language :

# yum -y install php php-mysql php-common php-cli php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt \
    php-devel php-xml php-xmlrpc

Step: 13. Create a file Under "html" Directory for Testing php :

# vi /var/www/html/info.php

<?php
  phpinfo();
?>

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 14. Restart Apache to load php :

# service httpd restart
# chkconfig httpd on

Step: 15. Then point your Web Browser & Check php :

Ex- http://server_ip_address/info.php

Step: 16. Configure Openx AD Server :

Go to http://server_ip/adserver

-- Check "I Agree".
-- Database Name: revivedb
     Database Username: revive
     Database Password: 0p3nx123
     Database Hostname: localhost
  
-- Click on "Continue".
-- Administrator Username: admin
     Administrator Password: Passw0rd
     Repeat Password: Passw0rd
     Administrator Email Address: kchatterjee@domain.com
     Language: English
     Timezone: GMT+0530 Asia/Culcutta
  
-- Click on "Continue"
-- Click on "Continue".

Step: 17. OpenX Memcached Configuration from Web Interface :

http://Server_ip/adserver/plugin-settings.php?group=oxMemcached

-- Add your memcached server and port if it’s default installation on the same machine add
    localhost:11211 and expiry time of 600 seconds.
-- Click on "Save Changes"

-- Now you need to go in Configuration
-- Banner Delivery Settings and set Time Between Banner Cache Updates to 600 seconds and
     change Banner Delivery Cache Store Type to Memcached.

-- Click on "Save Changes"



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