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docs:install [2021-05-06 16:24] – [Prerequisites] Tobiasdocs:install [2022-07-18 09:04] – [Requirements] Tobias
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   * Choose a domain name or subdomain name for your server. Put some thought into this. While changing it after installation is supported, things still might break.   * Choose a domain name or subdomain name for your server. Put some thought into this. While changing it after installation is supported, things still might break.
   * A working mail setup (local or with [[https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons/tree/develop/phpmailer|external]] mail server)   * A working mail setup (local or with [[https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons/tree/develop/phpmailer|external]] mail server)
-  * Setup HTTPS on your domain((**You really should do this**, you can get a TLS certificate for free using LetsEncrypt and [[docs:ssl|the setup]] is relatively easy. However if you have good reasons to not choose a certificate, e.g. because you are running a local only test installation of Friendica, you can set the ''ssl_policy'' to ''0'' in the ''config/local.config.php'' file //after// the installation wizard has been run. But **do not do this in a production setup**!)).+  * Setup [[docs:ssl|TLS / HTTPS]] on your domain((**You really should do this**, you can get a TLS certificate for free using LetsEncrypt and [[docs:ssl|the setup]] is relatively easy. However if you have good reasons to not choose a certificate, e.g. because you are running a local only test installation of Friendica, you can set the ''ssl_policy'' to ''0'' in the ''config/local.config.php'' file //after// the installation wizard has been run. But **do not do this in a production setup**!)).
  
 ==== Requirements ==== ==== Requirements ====
  
   * Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a local ''.htaccess'' file   * Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a local ''.htaccess'' file
-  * PHP 7+ (PHP 7.1+ is recommended for performance and official support) +  * PHP versions 7.3 to 8.0 are supported 
-      * PHP **command line** access with register_argc_argv set to true in the php.ini file +  * PHP **command line** access with register_argc_argv set to true in the php.ini file 
-      * Curl, GD, PDO, mbstrings, MySQLi, hash, xml, zip and OpenSSL extensions+      * Curl, GD, GMP, PDO, mbstrings, MySQLi, hash, xml, zip and OpenSSL extensions
       * The POSIX module of PHP needs to be activated (e.g. [[http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/12/08/posix-php-commands-not-working-under-centos-7|RHEL, CentOS]] have disabled it)       * The POSIX module of PHP needs to be activated (e.g. [[http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/12/08/posix-php-commands-not-working-under-centos-7|RHEL, CentOS]] have disabled it)
       * some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works       * some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works
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