OFORK System Requirements

As a web-based solution, the open source help desk software OFORK and its modules can run on different platforms.
We recommend Linux as the server operating system.
For your OFORK help desk or IT service management solution, the web server and Perl must be installed on the same machine.
The database can be installed locally or on a separate host.

Client:

We recommend modern web browsers with JavaScript enabled.
The latest browser version should always be used.

The following browser versions are not supported:

Internet Explorer before version 11
Firefox before version 31
Safari before version 6

Server Hardware:

Recommended: 3 GHz Xeon or comparable CPU, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB disk space

Server Operating System:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) or openSUSE
Debian, Ubuntu or other Linux distributions
UNIX derivatives, for example OpenBSD or FreeBSD

Database:

MySQL 5.0 or higher (MySQL 8+ is not supported)
MariaDB
PostgreSQL 9.2 or higher
Oracle 10g or higher

Web Server:

Apache2 + mod_perl2 or higher (recommended)
Web server with CGI support

Perl:

Perl 5.16.0 or higher
Additional modules are required. They can be installed using the Perl shell and CPAN or via the package manager of your operating system (rpm, yast, apt-get).

Directory Service (optional):

Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP, Oracle Internet Directory, DirX Directory Server, Sun ONE Directory Server, etc.

Mail Server:

Microsoft Exchange, Qmail, Lotus Notes, Postfix, Sendmail, Exim

Note: If you have problems with OFORK, you can send a message to support@o-fork.com.
Our professional services will be happy to help.