System Requirements
This sections lists all required and recommended server settings.
Webserver
- Apache Webserver 2.4 with mod_php or php-fpm (recommended)
- nginx with php-fpm
Memory
Since HumHub itself can be used for a variety of use-cases, the required memory highly depends on the amount and activity within the network as well as the specific actions of the users. The minimum memory requirements of HumHub are:
RAM
- 64 MB of memory allocated to PHP
Disk space
- 500 MB for the applications
- 100 MB for the database
PHP Environment
All essential requirements will be tested during the web installation and can be reviewed under
Administration -> Information -> Prerequisites.
| HumHub Version | PHP 8.3 | PHP 8.2 | PHP 8.1 | PHP 8.0 | PHP 7.4 | PHP 7.3 | PHP 7.2 | PHP 7.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 (upcoming) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| 1.16 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1.15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1.14 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1.13 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1.12 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1.11 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1.10 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 1.9 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 1.8 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1.7 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Extensions
This is just a short overview. See the PHP Manual for more information.
| Extension | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GD | Yes | With JPEG and PNG support |
| Curl | Yes | w/ SSL Support |
| MBString | Yes | Multibyte Support |
| MySQL | Yes | |
| ZIP | Yes | |
| EXIF | Yes | |
| INTL | Yes | min ICU v49 see Yii2 Internationalization |
| FileInfo | Yes | |
| JSON | Yes | |
| ImageMagick | No | Better image processing, Recommended |
| GraphicsMagick | No | Better image processing (alternative to ImageMagick) |
| LDAP | No | |
| APC | No | |
| Memcached | No |
Database
- MariaDB 10.1+
- MySQL 5.7+
Utf8mb4 character set and InnoDB storage engine are required.
The database user requires following privileges:
- SELECT
- INSERT
- DELETE
- UPDATE
- CREATE
- ALTER
- INDEX
- DROP
- REFERENCES
MyISAM is not supported due to the lack of foreign keys.
Shell Access
Although the installation and most parts of the configuration can be carried out without a shell access, it's highly recommended to enable shell access (e.g. ssh) in order to facilitate the comand line interface.
The command line interface provides important features, which are used to maintain and troubleshoot the software.
Web browser
- Mozilla Firefox (Recommended)
- Google Chrome (Recommended)
- Microsoft Edge (Recommended)
- Apple Safari