System Requirements

System Requirements

Database Requirements

• MySQL 5.7+ (or MariaDB 10.3+) is required
• The DB user needs to have a full privilege to manage the database, including privilege to FLUSH TABLES, etc.
• To ensure proper support for certain language characters, the database collation should be set to one of the following options, in order of preference, with the respective charset: utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci, utf8mb4_unicode_ci, utf8mb4_general_ci, utf8mb3_unicode_ci, utf8mb3_general_ci, utf8_unicode_ci, or utf8_general_ci.
• For optimal database performance, set max_user_connections between 30-100 to control individual user load and max_connections between 150-200 to handle overall traffic.

Server Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or greater (with all default PHP functions enabled, including exec(), escapeshellarg(), etc.)
• BCMath PHP Extension
• Ctype PHP Extension
• cURL PHP Extension (version 7.34.0 or greater)
• DOM PHP Extension
• Fileinfo PHP extension
• Filter PHP Extension
• Hash PHP Extension
• JSON PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PCRE PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• Session PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension
• XML PHP Extension
• GD PHP Extension (or Imagick PHP Extension)
• PHP Zip Archive
• Rewrite Module Enabled

PHP.ini Requirements

• open_basedir must be disabled

File and Folder Permissions

/bootstrap        775
/storage          775 (recursively)

Supported Web Servers

• Apache. Note: Fully supported.
• Nginx. Note: Fully supported.
• LiteSpeed (or OpenLiteSpeed). Note: Permissions and firewall management need to be properly handled. LSCache is not supported.
• Varnish. Important: The server cache management need to be properly handled. Strong server configuration and programming knowledge are required.

Server Resources Recommendations

The server resource capacity required for a Laravel application can vary significantly depending on the application's complexity, traffic, and the services it relies on. However, here are some general recommendations based on common use cases:

1. Small Laravel Application

• CPU: 1-2 vCPUs
• Server RAM: 2-4 GB
• RAM Allocated to PHP: 512 MB - 1 GB
• RAM Allocated to Database Server: 512 MB - 1 GB
• Hard Disk Space: 20-50 GB SSD

Suitable for small applications with low traffic, such as blogs, simple web pages, or small internal tools.

2. Medium Laravel Application

• CPU: 2-4 vCPUs
• Server RAM: 4-8 GB
• RAM Allocated to PHP: 1-2 GB
• RAM Allocated to Database Server: 1-2 GB
• Hard Disk Space: 50-100 GB SSD

Suitable for medium-sized applications, such as e-commerce sites, CMS, or applications with moderate traffic and a moderate number of users.

3. Large Laravel Application

• CPU: 4-8 vCPUs
• Server RAM: 8-16 GB
• RAM Allocated to PHP: 2-4 GB
• RAM Allocated to Database Server: 2-4 GB
• Hard Disk Space: 100-200 GB SSD (or more depending on storage needs)

Suitable for large applications with high traffic, extensive user base, or complex functionalities, such as social networks, SaaS platforms, or large e-commerce sites.

4. Enterprise-Level Laravel Application

• CPU: 8+ vCPUs
• Server RAM: 16-32+ GB
• RAM Allocated to PHP: 4-8+ GB
• RAM Allocated to Database Server: 4-8+ GB
• Hard Disk Space: 200 GB - 1 TB SSD (or more depending on storage needs)

Suitable for enterprise-level applications with very high traffic, mission-critical operations, or large databases requiring high performance and availability.

For most applications, starting with a medium-sized setup and scaling up as needed is a practical approach.

For example, all demo websites are hosted on shared hosting with the following characteristics:

• CPU: 4 vCore
• Server RAM: 8 GB
• RAM Allocated to PHP: Unknown
• RAM Allocated to Database Server: 512 MB
• Hard Disk Space: 500 GB NAS SSD
• Bandwidth: shared
• Concurrent Database Connections: 200
• Concurrent Database User Connections: 30 & 50