System Requirements
#Overview
LawyerPara needs a modern PHP and MySQL stack. Check these items before running the installer.
#Server requirements
| Requirement |
Minimum |
| PHP |
8.4+ |
| Database |
MySQL 8+ or MariaDB 10.6+ |
| Web server |
Nginx or Apache, with the document root set to public/ |
| Composer |
For deploying from source |
| Node.js |
For building frontend assets (npm run build) |
| HTTPS |
Recommended for production |
#PHP extensions
BCMath, Ctype, JSON, Mbstring, OpenSSL, PDO, PDO MySQL, Tokenizer, cURL, Fileinfo, XML.
#Folder permissions
These paths must be writable by the web server:
storage/bootstrap/cache/
#Optional for production
| Component |
Why |
| Redis |
Queues / Horizon / cache |
| Supervisor |
Keep queue workers running |
| S3-compatible storage |
Media uploads at scale |
#Notes
#Best Practices
- Point DNS and TLS at
public/ only. Never expose the project root.
- Keep
APP_DEBUG=false on production.
- Back up MySQL before upgrades.