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| - | ====== Installation Requirements ====== | + | ====== Server Requirements and Apache Modules ====== |
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| + | ===== Server Requirements ===== | ||
| - UNIX/Linux host | - UNIX/Linux host | ||
| - PHP 5.2+ | - PHP 5.2+ | ||
| - | - Apache - modules used | + | - Apache - See below for modules used |
| - | - No MySQL Database | + | |
| - | - 6 minutes to spare | + | |
| - | - * Windows hosting has been tested successfully, with minor limitations. | + | |
| - | - * Nginx working (tested on Debian Lenny and Squeeze) with minor tweaks. | + | |
| - | ====== Installation: Required Modules ====== | + | * No MySQL, No Database needed |
| + | * Windows hosting has been tested successfully, with minor limitations. | ||
| + | * Nginx working (tested on Debian Lenny and Squeeze) with minor tweaks. | ||
| + | **Would be nice to know where the minor tweaks are for NGINX as nothing working past the first level of pages eg:www.mydomain.com/blah/ works and www.mydomain.com/blah/page2/ does not (404)** | ||
| - | This is information on the required PHP/Apache modules that GetSimple uses: | + | ===== Apache & PHP: Required Modules ===== |
| + | ==== Required Modules ==== | ||
| - | **Required Modules (Error)** | + | **[[http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php|SimpleXML]]** is used by GetSimpleCMS for efficient XML document manipulation.\\ |
| - | * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexml.installation.php|SimpleXML]] - This module is necessary as GetSimple currently relies on XML to store it's data. | + | The extension is enabled by default in most distros. To be sure //for local development//, open a terminal and list all PHP modules by typing: |
| - | * If you do not have this installed, you will not be able to use GetSimple. | + | |
| - | **Important but not Required Modules (Warning)** | + | php -m |
| - | * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php|ZipArchive]] - This is only needed if you want to take [[how_to:backup_website|backups]] of your website. | + | |
| - | * As of GS v3.1, if you do not have this installed, your backups will try to use the [[http://php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php|zlib library]] (it will create .tar.gz files instead of .zip) | + | //For remote servers//, upload a file phpinfo.php with the following contents: |
| - | * [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html|Apache mod_rewrite]] - This is only needed if you want to use [[:pretty_urls|FancyURLs]] (set within the control panel's 'settings' page.) | + | |
| + | <?php phpinfo(INFO_MODULES); ?> | ||
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| + | ..navigate to it in the browser, and search for SimpleXML. | ||
| + | If SimpleXML is not in the list, you need to [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexml.installation.php|install it]]. | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| + | ==== Important but not Absolutely Required Modules==== | ||
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| + | * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php|ZipArchive]] - For making zip [[how_to:backup_website|backups]] of your website. If you do not have this installed, GS will try to use the [[http://php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php|zlib library]] to create .tar.gz files instead of .zip . | ||
| + | * [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html|Apache mod_rewrite]] - This is only needed if you want to use [[:pretty_urls|FancyURLs]] (set within the control panel's 'settings' page). aka **rewrite_module**. | ||
| * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php|Curl]] - Curl is needed to connect to our API to check for GetSimple updates. | * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php|Curl]] - Curl is needed to connect to our API to check for GetSimple updates. | ||
| - | * This means: you don't really need it, but if you want to install it, see [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php|here]]. (Debian install via apt-get install php5-curl) | ||
| * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/image.installation.php|GD Library]] - This module is needed in order to create thumbnails on uploaded images. | * [[http://www.php.net/manual/en/image.installation.php|GD Library]] - This module is needed in order to create thumbnails on uploaded images. | ||
| + | ======Links====== | ||
| + | Back to the GetSimple Wiki [[:start|Contents Page]] | ||
| + | ==Pages in this Section== | ||
| + | ===Installation=== | ||
| + | *[[:installation|Installation on a Web Server or a Local Server]] | ||
| + | *[[installation:migrating|Migrating, Moving and Uploading Complete Sites]] | ||
| + | *[[installation:requirements|Server requirements and Apache Modules]] | ||
| + | *[[installation:upgrade|Upgrading to the Latest Version of GetSimple]] | ||
| + | *[[installation:specific-webhosters|Guidance for Specific Hosting Companies]] | ||
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