{"id":3432,"date":"2009-12-14T16:59:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps4rent.com\/support\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2013-05-28T05:49:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T09:49:21","slug":"minimum-system-requirement-to-install-drupal-on-dedicated-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/support\/kb\/article\/minimum-system-requirement-to-install-drupal-on-dedicated-server","title":{"rendered":"What is the minimum system requirement to install Drupal on dedicated server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Minimum system requirements to install Drupal on a virtual dedicated server<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drupal is a popular open source content management system and serves as a back-end system for many different types of websites, ranging from small personal blogs to large corporate sites.<\/p>\n<p>Minimum RAM needed only for Drupal installation is 512 MB. Apps4Rent\u2019s Hyper-V Bronze plan will allow you to run a light Drupal site with not much of graphics or other additional software. However, it is strongly recommended that you use Apps4Rent\u2019s Hyper-V Silver plan.<\/p>\n<p>Please ensure that the following options are selected in the signup form when using signing up for our Hyper-V server offering. Also, Drupal works best under Linux environment; so you need to choose appropriate Linux server from the offering.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apache web server<\/li>\n<li>MySql database with user (Techsupport\/Admin permisisons)<\/li>\n<li>PHP, templates, CSS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Apache:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drupal will work on Apache 1.3 or Apache 2.x hosted on UNIX\/Linux, OS X, or Windows. The majority of Drupal development and deployment is done on Apache, so there is more community experience and testing performed on Apache than on other web servers.<\/p>\n<p>You can use the Apache &#8216;mod_rewrite&#8217; extension to allow for clean URLs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Microsoft IIS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drupal core will work using IIS 5, IIS 6, or IIS 7 if PHP is configured correctly.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve clean URLs you may need to use a third party product. For IIS7 you can use the Microsoft URL Rewrite Module or a third party solution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PHP<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recommended: PHP 5.2.x<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Database server<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recommended: MySQL 4.1 or MySQL 5.0<\/p>\n<p>PostgreSQL 7.4 or higher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MOSS 2007\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-moss-2007-hosting\/moss-2007-sharepoint.html\">MOSS 2007<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hyper-V Hosting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/Server-Virtualization-VPS-Software-Hosting\/Microsoft-Hyper-V-2008\/hyper-v-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Hyper-V Hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Virtual Dedicated Servers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/virtual-dedicated-private-server-windows-hyper-v-vds-vs-vps-hosting\/virtual-dedicated-server.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hyper-V Price Plans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/Hyper-V-Hosting-Services-Pricing-Plans\/hyperv-hostingplans.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hyper-V Price Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hyper-V Features\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/Hosting-Hyper-V-Virtualization-Server-Virtual-Private-Architecture-Features\/hyperv-features.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hyper-V Features<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Server Administration Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/server-administration-managed-services-plans-hyper-v-kaseya-hosting.html\">Server Administration Plan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimum system requirements to install Drupal on a virtual dedicated server Drupal is a popular open source content management system and serves as a back-end system for many different types of websites, ranging from small personal blogs to large corporate sites. Minimum RAM needed only for Drupal installation is 512 MB. 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