Is this possible?

[bleaklewis]

Is it possible to run Subsonic through a website or server hosted by a company like Dreamhost, godaddy, etc... ? Ive got a static IP just not sure I would go about setting port forwarding or opening a port.

[delcypher]

It depends if they'll let you. There's the whole legal issue of hosting your music.

If you have proper ssh access and not that crappy Cpanel thing that a lot of web hosts provide then you can install it easily.

You would have to speak to the web host about ports. They may already be open.

[bleaklewis]

Thanks, thats kind of what I figured but was hoping there was another way. Looks like ill be talking to my host provider.

[gigapros]

You can run subsonic either on a VPS, or on a shared hosting with Tomcat instance running. It's always best to use VPS since Subsonic may use considerable amount of RAM when you have quite a few listeners.

[Kirk]

You could possibly install Subsonic on a DreamHost PS. However, I'm not sure how their copyright policy would contend with it.

However I know you can't run Subsonic on a DreamHost shared web hosting account, because they do not allow persistent processes.

Cheers,
Kirk