Magento 2 System Requirements

Magento 2 System Requirements

Magento 2 has specific system requirements that must be met for proper installation and operation.

PHP Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher (for Magento 2.4)- PHP extensions: bcmath, ctype, curl, dom, fileinfo, gd, hash, iconv, intl, json, mbstring, openssl, pcre, pdo, simplexml, soap, spl, xsl, zip- ini settings: memory_limit minimum 756MB

Database Requirements

• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• MariaDB 10.2 or higher
• Percona Server

Web Server Requirements

• Apache 2.4 or Nginx 1.x- mod_rewrite module for Apache- Server memory: minimum 2GB

Other Requirements

• Composer 1.3.2 or higher
• Node.js 12.x or higher (for asset compilation)
• Redis (optional but recommended for caching)
• Elasticsearch (for advanced search)

Disk Space

Allocate at least 2GB for Magento installation, database, and media files.

Email

Ensure your server can send emails for order notifications and customer communications.

Conclusion

Meeting these requirements ensures optimal Magento performance and stability. Always check the official Magento documentation for the latest requirements.

Arun BansalFounder, ZenoCloud

Arun founded ZenoCloud, formerly ServerGuy, in 2009 and still runs its operations team.