System Requirements for Drupal 7

Required: PHP version 4.4.0 or higher for Drupal 5 and Drupal 6, PHP 5.2.5 or higher for Drupal 7

Drupal 7 will only support MySQL 5.0.15 or higher, and requires the PDO database extension for PHP .

Enable PDO IN PHP ini file



Drupal has been deployed successfully on both Apache and IIS.



Apache (Recommended)



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.

You can use the Apache 'mod_rewrite' extension to allow for clean URLs.

Microsoft IIS



Drupal core will work using IIS 5, IIS 6, or IIS 7 if PHP is configured correctly.

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.

When using Drupal on IIS 7 with fastcgi you must install Hotfix kb954946, or wait until the hotfix appears in a package update (recommended). KB954946 was included in Windows 2008 Server SP2

Drupal is being developed to be web server independent, but we have limited or no reports of successful use on web servers not listed here.



The total file size of your Drupal installation will depend on what you add to your site, but Drupal core files alone will take up approximately 2 to 3 MB uncompressed. The exact size depends on the version of Drupal you have installed.