This document will guide you through the process of configuring an ArsDigita Community System web server from scratch, beginning with a blank computer system and finishing with a fully functional web site ready to serve your users. Below are time estimates for each stage of the installation: Stage Time Estimate Red Hat 6.2 30 - 60 minutes Oracle 8.1.6 4 hours AOLServer 3.1 30 minutes ArsDigita Community System 4.x 30 minutes Total 6 hours Aim to understand as much as possible at each step of these instructions. If you get stuck, try to backtrack to a point where you knew what to do. If you need help, it is available - check for messages about your problem at the web/db Q&A forum. If you can't find your answer there, feel free to post a message. ArsDigita also offers support contracts. Please see the ArsDigita services page for more information. ($Id: getting-started.xml,v 1.1 2001/03/13 22:59:26 ben Exp $)