System Requirements

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Magento Open Source, 1.9.x

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Standard System Requirements

Environment

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) or LNMP stack

Operating System

Linux x 86, x86-64

Web Server

Apache 2.x

Nginx 1.7.x

Server Hosting

Ability to run scheduled jobs (crontab) with PHP 5.
Ability to override options in .htaccess files.

PHP

PHP 5.6

PHP 5.5

PHP 5.4

Required extensions:

PDO_MySQL

simplexml

mcrypt

hash

GD

DOM

iconv

curl

SOAP (for Webservices API)

Additional configuration:

safe_mode off

memory_limit no less than 256 MB (512 MB recommended)

Database

MySQL 5.6 (Oracle or Percona)

SSL

A valid security certificate is required for HTTPS. Self-signed certificates are not supported.

We recommend if possible to run both the storefront and Admin on HTTPS.

Supported Technologies

Redis

Redis can be used for session or cache storage.

Memcached

Memcached can be used for session or cache storage.

See also the System Requirements on our site.