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Server Requirements and Apache Modules
Server Requirements
UNIX/Linux host
PHP 5.2+
Apache - See below for modules used
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.
Apache & PHP: Required Modules
Absolutely Required Modules
SimpleXML - This module is necessary as GetSimple relies on XML to store it's data.
Important but not Absolutely Required Modules
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As of GS v3.1, if you do not have this installed, your backups will try to use the
zlib library (it will create .tar.gz files instead of .zip)
Apache mod_rewrite - This is only needed if you want to use
FancyURLs (set within the control panel's 'settings' page). aka
rewrite_module.
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
here. (Debian install via apt-get install php5-curl)
GD Library - This module is needed in order to create thumbnails on uploaded images.
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