Requirements
Server requirements
The following table shows a high-level summary of the server requirements for UT Drupal Kit 3. Each item in the “Component” column links to more detail at Drupal.org regarding that component.
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Description |
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A minimum of 170 MB is required for installation of UT Drupal Kit 3, not including space for files uploaded by users, media, backups and other files. |
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UT Drupal Kit 3 requires PHP 7.3 or higher. |
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Drupal supports most major web servers; Apache is recommended. UT Drupal Kit 3 requires the ability to configure a nested document root. |
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Drupal supports MySQL and some MySQL-compatible databases, and requires the PDO database extension. |
Important
For a more detailed list of the server requirements for the latest version of Drupal, review server requirements for Drupal.
Composer
UT Drupal Kit 3 requires use of the Composer dependency manager for installation and updates. Download and install Composer from https://getcomposer.org/download.
Version control
The use of a version control system such as Git is strongly recommended as a best practice for developers working with the UT Drupal Kit. It is required for use on Pantheon.
Hosted Git repositories are available through UT Austin’s Enterprise GitHub instance at https://github.austin.utexas.edu.
Hosting
UT Drupal Kit 3 has currently been confirmed to be compatible with the CMS Hosting Platform (Pantheon) service. See Pantheon installation for detailed instructions.
To discuss compatibility with other hosting platforms, please email drupal-kit-support@utlists.utexas.edu.