Running a local development version

[Sutekh]

Hey all,

over the next week I will be buying two licenses to install two forums on clients sites and my question is this.

Is there any way that I can install development versions of these sites on my local server without buying more licenses ? They won't need to be accessed outside my pc even though it does have a permanent connection.

thanks in advance..

Richard.

[Zachery]

Yes you are allowed to have a test enviroment for test / dev purpuses.

[Sutekh]

Thanks Zachery. The next question is how? Once I put the files in place on the correct places on my development server do I need to do anything particular to get it running ? Do I use the same license number that I get when I purchase the clients license ? I thought that licenses were tied to particular ip addresses. And obviously the proper copy will be in a different location to the dev version.

Sorry if this all sounds dense but I've only every installed the free versions of IVPB before

Richard.

[Zachery]

vBulletin is not tied or coded for a specific website or server. Doing so would require encryption to actually make that work.

vbulletin is visual source, and it'd be a huge down side to encrypt our software.

You'd install vB just like you would in a normal server situtation. The install should not be publiclicly accessable. Which means if it can be accessed via a domain / the web, it should be password protected.

[Sutekh]

Thanks again. I'll be putting through the purchase first thing tomorrow morning. I'll do as you suggest and password protect the directories on my dev server.

Cheers mate,

Richard.