Joomla Question…?
February 20, 2010 under FAQ
Ok so I am a new joomla user.. so far im really impressed by its capabilities.. just a quick question,.. how many joomla INDEPENDENT folders or installations can be made on a SINGLE web server.. if I install Joomla in different folders.. would there be any conflict? or would the two or more work independently as different projects.. please advice..
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As long as each installation has its own database, or has a unique table name prefix in its config file, your only limit is the ability of the server to handle all the traffic. Get lots of RAM and look for tips on tuning your server for performance.
You can have different installations of Joomla, but you’d probably have to set up unique databases, each install would have its own database. So, you’d be limited by what your hosting account allows in terms of databases, transfer and storage.
EACH folder/instance needs its own Database OR table prefixes. Yes, you can do that….
Also check on plugins/modules. I believe there is one that does that for you….but without the modification allowed by the module/plugin, you need `1 folder/1 database or table prefixes
Now, you can set up apache to refer to each folder using virtual hosts……Keep it simple so you can recover if you need to.
Each Joomla install needs it’s own directory on the web site
/Joomla1……. /joomla99
Each install doesn’t need it’s own database as most have said.
(However I would say it’s totally and utterly advisable too) as each installation only needs it’s own table extension in the one database i.e
jo1_table1……j99_table1
Not using seperate databases means you can share a single user table for all the seperate installations of joomla.
I will finish off by saying that although I said you don’t need individual databases for multi joomla installs like the rest I would heed what they say and just accept they do need them for ease, unless your very knoweldable about relational datases and linking.
But it does mean if the host only gives you one database you can run many apps from the single database with a bit of work.