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This page lists the minimum requirements and recommended settings to install Tiki. Tip A Server Check script has been developed that will make everything easier! Just upload a single PHP file to your server before installing Tiki and you will get an advice on your server configuration.
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Tiki will run in most shared webhost environments. Many hosts offer Tiki installation via a control panel application (such as Fantastico). You should verify that your webhost meets the minimum requirements:
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You must have a fully operational webserver in order to install and use Tiki. Tiki should run on any webserver that supports PHP (such as nginx, Windows IIS or lighttpd), but is most widely tested and used with Apache. You may need to make minor modifications for non-Apache webservers. Your webserver should be configured with the following minimum requirements:
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Tiki requires MariaDB, MySQL or Percona Server for MySQL. We are moving to a machine readable format: https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki-manager/-/blob/master/config/tiki_requirements.yml
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Note on PHP Memory Limits:
The default memory_limit in a standard PHP installation is 128M, and this should be fine for the vast majority of Tiki installations. Some web hosts install PHP with a lower default. Although Tiki may appear to install successfully, you will continually face issues with pages failing to load and system errors. To review your PHP Memory Limits, access http://www.example.com/tiki-phpinfo.php and review the following values:
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Some webhosts tend to disable some functions which are required for Tiki to run flawlessly.
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We recommend using the following configuration in your php.ini file:
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Some Tiki features require the following additional software or libraries:
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