Requirements

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Client-side Requirements

Component

Description

Browser

A browser with the ability to fully execute JavaScript from Varbase to access its full functionality.

Server-side Requirements for Evaluation or Development

The below requirements outline the minimum needed requirements. If you need help sizing your server, please contact us at https://www.vardot.com/contact-us for consultation.

  • Disk space: Minimum 300MB for codebase, 5GB for files, and 1GB for the database (Will greatly depend on your application data and usage).

  • Memory: Minimum of 2GB (for 1 host). Minimum PHP memory of 196MB (might need to increase this as your Varbase site's functionalities increase).

  • CPU: Minimum of 2 CPUs is recommended (for 1 host).

Component

Description

PHP

PHP 8.2 or higher. PHP 8.3 is recommended.

PHP extensions: mysqli (for MySQL), pgsql (for PostgreSQL), yaml, gd, openssl, json, curl, mbstring, date, dom, filter, hash, pcre, pdo, session, SimpleXML, SPL, tokenizer, mcrypt

Applications

Composer

Drush 12 or higher

Git

Web Server

Varbase works on any web server with PHP version of 8.3 or higher. mod_rewrite is required if you use Apache.

ngx_http_rewrite_module if you use Nginx.

Database Engine

Varbase works on any multiple database engines. MySQL, MariaDB or Percona Server (Recommended)

  • MySQL 8 is supported only on Varbase 8.6.x or higher

  • Required MySQL 5.5.3/MariaDB 5.5.20/Percona Server 5.5.8 or higher with InnoDB

To deploy and run Varbase your web server must meet certain minimum requirements. We recommend sizing your application and considering your database size, files data, and expected traffic.

Your servers' requirements will greatly be impacted by the usage of your application. For example, if you have more logged-in users that are anonymous users, you will need to consider higher requirements to serve non-cached requests.

Server-side Requirements for Production

If you need help sizing your server, please contact us at https://www.vardot.com/contact-us for consultation.

Component

Description

PHP

PHP 8.2 or higher. PHP 8.3 is recommended.

PHP extensions: mysqli (for MySQL), pgsql (for PostgreSQL), xml, gd, openssl, json, curl, mbstring, date, dom, filter, hash, pcre, pdo, session, SimpleXML, SPL, tokenizer, mcrypt

For production environments, PHP memory of 256MB is recommended. In some memory-intensive pages, you can optionally increase memory using ini_set().

Applications

Composer

Drush 12 or higher

Git

Web Server

Varbase works on any web server with a PHP version of 8.3 or higher.mod_rewrite is required if you use Apache. ngx_http_rewrite_module if you use Nginx.

Database Engine

Varbase works on multiple database engines. MySQL, MariaDB, or Percona Server (Recommended)

  • MySQL 8 is supported only on Varbase 8.6.x or higher

  • Required MySQL 5.5.3/MariaDB 5.5.20/Percona Server 5.5.8 or higher with InnoDB

Memcache

Memcached server daemon

PECL Memcache or PHP Memcached libraries

Varnish

Varnish cache, an advanced and very fast reverse-proxy system.

Solr Search

The minimum support Solr version is Solr 6.4 and Solr 7 is supported.

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