Open Source Social Network

Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is a powerful, open source social network software written in PHP. It lets you easily create and host your own private social networking site, with full control over your data and community. Whether you’re building a platform for professional collaboration or personal connections, OSSN provides all the essential features to help users connect, share, and communicate.

Designed for flexibility and privacy, OSSN is available in 10 international languages and is completely free to use. Deploy your social network free with OSSN and start building your online community today.

Software Included

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Open Source Social Network 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Open Source Social Network Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "softlab24-opensourcesocial-18-04"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Open Source Social Network

Please visit the IP address of your new OSSN Droplet in the web browser for post install instructions and configuration, including administrator, database and storage, and more.

For more information please visit https://www.opensource-socialnetwork.org/wiki/view/3235/how-to-install-open-source-social-network-on-digitalocean